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cord-349206-f77ofx1w	Hutter, Matthew M.	Open Letter to Insurance Companies Regarding Mandatory in Office Visit Weight Documentation in an Era of COVID-19	2020-05-26		.txt	text/plain	808	43	41	To: Insurance Company, Medical Director During these unprecedented times with the COVID-19 pandemic, it has become clear that some 10 populations are at increased risk of severe illness, complications, and death once contracting the novel coronavirus. Based on data from multiple studies that show no benefit to insurancemandated documentation of diet effort and/or weight loss prior to metabolic/bariatric surgery, as summarized by the ASMBS Clinical Issues Committee in our peer-reviewed publication from 2016 8 , we recommend immediate termination of all insurance-mandated diet and weight 30 related prerequisites for bariatric surgery including the excessive, burdensome, and potentially dangerous requirement for in-office weight documentation. Insurance-mandated preoperative counseling does not improve outcome and increases dropout rate in patients considering gastric bypass for morbid obesity Postoperative 105 outcomes in bariatric surgical patients participating in an insurance-mandated preoperative weight management program Insurance-mandated medical 110 weight management before bariatric surgery	./cache/cord-349206-f77ofx1w.txt	./txt/cord-349206-f77ofx1w.txt