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Integration Hub Transferology GPA Calculator | Collec +845 pts Resources Al Tutor /1200 Question 9 of 12 Due to concerns about the safety of bariatric weight loss surgery, in 2006 the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) restricted coverage of bariatric surgery to hospitals designated as Centers for Excellence. Did the CMS restriction improve the outcomes of bariatric surgery for Medicare patients? Among the 1847 Medicare patients in the study having surgery in the 18 months preceding the restriction, 270 experienced overall complications, whereas in the 1639 patients having bariatric surgery in the 18 100 months following the restriction, 170 experienced overall complications. Ninh T. Nguyen et al., “Improved bariatric surgery outcomes for medicare beneficiaries after implementation of the medicare national coverage determination,” Archives of Surgery, 145 (2010). pp. 72-78.