MBS Digest (@MBSDigest)

ASMBS Weekend in Las Vegas is a chance to learn, connect and improve care. The Medicare payment cuts are a sobering backdrop. How can the specialty turn meeting momentum into a stronger voice for patient access?
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www.cms.gov Calendar Year (CY) 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Calendar Year (CY) 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final RuleOn 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule that finalizes policy changes for Medicare payments...

MBS Digest @MBSDigest 2d

A troubling payment outlook meets a reason for optimism: CMS lists a 2.31% drop in the 2027 non-APM conversion factor, while ASMBS Weekend brings bariatric teams together in Las Vegas, Nov. 5-7.
cms.gov/newsroom/fact-…
asmbsweekend.com/event/2026/tra…

www.cms.gov Calendar Year (CY) 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Calendar Year (CY) 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final RuleOn 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule that finalizes policy changes for Medicare payments...

MBS Digest @MBSDigest 3d

New in MBS Digest: an editorial by Editor-in-Chief Shanu N. Kothari, MD, FACS, on why metabolic bariatric surgery is still seen as high-risk. He cites MBSAQIP 30-day mortality of 0.06% to 0.1% and argues the gap is in how results are communicated. Link in reply.

MBS Digest @MBSDigest 4d

New on The Staple Line, the audio edition of MBS Digest Vol. 2, Issue 17: the Article of the Week on how far bariatric volume has fallen, bypass versus sleeve at five years, gastroparesis, and a robotic learning curve.

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MBS Digest @MBSDigest 5d

In 1,456,480 MBSAQIP operations, 30-day readmissions for dehydration or kidney injury fell from 1.2% to 0.5% after sleeve and 1.8% to 0.9% after bypass (2015-2023). Registry codes can't show what drove it; the cartoon is a dramatization. MBS Digest Issue 17. Link in reply.

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