January 2015 ASMBS Advocacy Report
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December 2014 ASMBS Advocacy Report
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September-October ASMBS Advocacy Report
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August 2014 ASMBS Activity Report
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July 2014 ASMBS Activity Report
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New Advocacy Tool Kit Helps ASMBS State Chapters and Members Improve Patient Access
The ASMBS is calling on members and state chapters to join the fight for greater patient access to metabolic and bariatric surgery, and is providing downloadable tools to help them do that.
“No one can afford to sit this one out,” said Ninh T. Nguyen, MD, president of the ASMBS “Bariatric and metabolic surgery is significantly underutilized and everyone, from individuals to organizations, has a responsibility to help tear down the barriers to treatment.”
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Integrated Health Professional Education Committee Spotlight
The mission of the Integrated Health Professional Education Committee is to promote and support development of accredited post-professional education programs with the goal of improving the multidisciplinary care and treatment of people with obesity and related diseases. As an advocate for education advancement, the committee works to identify needs, professional gaps and barriers IH professionals face, and develop programs that enhance the skills, clinical practices, knowledge and research endeavors of metabolic and bariatric surgery professionals….
June 2014 ASMBS Activity Report
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A.M.A. Passes Resolution Calling for Greater Patient Access to Evidence-Based Treatments for Obesity
The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) believes passage of the "Patient Access to Evidence-Based Obesity Services" resolution by the American Medical Association (AMA), the nation’s largest physician group, will help in the fight to improve patient access to evidence-based obesity treatments including intensive behavioral counseling, FDA-approved obesity drugs and bariatric and metabolic surgery.
Currently, only 22 of 50 states have bariatric surgery listed as a covered benefit within the Affordable Care Act…
Announcing the Release of MBSAQIP Standards
We are pleased to announce the release of the ACS/ASMBS standards for the Metabolic Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP). We appreciate the time and consideration you gave in reviewing and commenting on the standards as we worked to develop the guiding document for our joint accreditation program. The ASMBS strongly believes in the value of accreditation in metabolic and bariatric surgery and looks forward to continued advances of this accreditation program as…