BLIS Advantage: Financial Certainty for the Hospital

Patients are worried about surgical complications and are looking for financial protection. BLIS has the solution: BLISCare. BLISCare pays for complication-related care authorized by the BLIS Surgeon at your facility.

BLISCare Covered Procedures include:

• Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
• Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding
• Laparoscopic Vertical Gastric Sleeve

BLISCare Covered Complications can include:

• Complication at one of the anastomatic sites; stenosis/stricture, leak, or staple-line failure.
• Bleeding complication.
• Cardiopulmonary complication such as myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, pneumonia, or respiratory failure.
• Erosion of adjustable band through esophageal/stomach wall, or erosion into other visceral organ.
• Esophageal abnormalities.
• Abdominal wall hernia at incision or port site.
• Infection resulting from device.
• Leak.
• Bowel obstruction resulting from procedure.
• Perforation of bowel and/or other visceral organ, including splenic injury.
• Complications at the port site, including infection, dysfunction, and or revisions.
• Re-operation resulting from a complication of the original procedure.
• Slippage of adjustable band or dilation of proximal GI tract
• Stenosis.
• Thromboembolic complications (blood clot, stroke).
• Ulcer occurring at or near site of procedure.
• Wound infection and dehiscence.

Contact BLIS for more details.