“Insurance coverage for bariatric surgery remains a big challenge in many states and access to bariatric care for many patients comes down to financing the procedures out of their hard-earned dollars. As practitioners, we do everything we can to make cash-paying prices affordable for our patients. But what happens when a cash-paying patient experiences an unexpected complication? Who will pick up the tab for the additional days spent in the hospital and who pays when a patient ends up having to go back to the operating room? Hospital administrators are not in the position to write off major secondary expenses and patients who are already upset about their unexpected outcomes are more likely to seek legal action when they are stuck with additional bills, especially when they already made a significant payment to finance their bariatric procedure. This is where BLISCare comes to the rescue. My practice has been purchasing BLISCare for our cash-paying bariatric patients for over 10 years and although, thankfully, we have had very few occasions to utilize the BLISCare policy, when we have had to do so, it has been a very positive experience. The staff are extremely responsive and there are rarely any surprises to deal with. The Bariatric Institute of Greater Chicago wholeheartedly endorses BLISCare and recommends it to our colleagues across the country.”

Dr. Vafa Shayani

Bariatric Institute of Greater Chicago