If you are having bariatric surgery, your insurance company will most likely recommend a psychological medical bariatric surgery evaluation to be approved for the procedure.
Washington Nutrition and Counseling Group has extensive experience performing medical bariatric surgery evaluations and we will make sure our evaluations comply too your insurance company requirements and your surgery office receives the evaluations in a timely manner.
We have a licensed psychologist, Dr, Arthur Bennet, on staff who performs these psychological assessments. Dr. Bennet is able to provide psychological evaluations in all states through telehealth.
The psychological evaluation will include:
- A 60 minute initial clinical interview including a comprehensive psychological history, medical and weight loss history.
- 15 – 30 minutes of test administration; in most cases the MMPI-2 is used.
- 20-30 minutes for test scoring and reporting.
- 15-30 minute final session with the patient to review test results and answer questions.
- We will send your test information to your requesting physician office so they can submit to your insurance company.
