https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=62843 Insurance administrative and informational barriers are delaying bariatric and metabolic surgery despite regulatory inclusion; surgeons report under utilisation from low awareness, high out of pocket costs, complex paperwork, and slow approvals. Reform priorities include streamlining approval processes, expanding eligibility and covered comorbidities, lowering BMI thresholds, increasing awareness, and reducing financial barriers to align insurance practice with the medical necessity of metabolic surgery. en-us Wed, 26 Nov 2025 19:46:03 +0530 Wed, 26 Nov 2025 19:46:03 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=62843 Insurance administrative and informational barriers are delaying bariatric and metabolic surgery despite regulatory inclusion; surgeons report under utilisation from low awareness, high out of pocket costs, complex paperwork, and slow approvals. Reform priorities include streamlining approval processes, expanding eligibility and covered comorbidities, lowering BMI thresholds, increasing awareness, and reducing financial barriers to align insurance practice with the medical necessity of metabolic surgery. News - Wed, 26 Nov 2025 19:46:03 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=62843