The following facilities have met the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ minimum facility standards for bariatric surgery and have been certified by the American College of Surgeons as a Level 1 Bariatric Surgery Center and/or the American Society for Bariatric Surgery as a Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence. This list may change at any time. For the most current listing of approved Level 1 Bariatric Surgery Centers and Centers of Excellence, go to www.cms.hhs.gov/MedicareApprovedFacilitie/BSF/list.asp.

Facility Name	City	Date Approved
Aspirus Wausau Hospital	Wausau	11/28/2007
Aurora Sinai Medical Center	Milwaukee	02/24/2006
Bellin Health	Green Bay	02/24/2006
Columbia St. Mary's Bariatric Center	Milwaukee	02/24/2006
Elmbrook Memorial Hospital	Brookfield	02/24/2006
Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital	Milwaukee	02/24/2006
Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center	La Crosse	02/13/2007
Meriter Hospital	Madison	12/19/2006
Theda Clark Medical Center	Neenah	02/24/2006
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics	Madison	12/19/2006

 

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