Foundation Program Sites

Bariatric Surgical Bundle

(Adopted November 2016)

Supporting Materials

Letter from Health Care Authority Accepting Bariatric Surgical Bundle and Warranty
Evidence Table for Bariatric Surgical Bundle
Accountable Payment Models: Bariatric Surgery Charter

Workgroup Members

Member Title Organization
Sharon Eloranta, MD Medical Director, Quality and Safety Initiatives Qualis Health
Kristin Helton, PhD Consumer
Jeff Hooper, MD Medical Director, Weight Loss Program MultiCare Health System
Dan Kent, MD Chief Medical Officer United Health Care
Saurabh Khandelwal, MD Bariatric Surgeon University of Washington
Robert Mecklenburg, MD (Co-Chair) Medical Director, Center for Health Care Solutions Virginia Mason Medical Center
Robert Michaelson, MD, PhD, FACS, FASMBS President Washington State Chapter, American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
Thien Nguyen, MD Bariatric Program Medical Director Overlake Medical Center
Tom Richards Consumer
Kerry Schaefer (Co-Chair) Strategic Planner for Employee Health King County
Jonathan Stoehr, MD/Jeff Hunter, MD Endocrinologist/ Bariatric Surgeon Virginia Mason Medical Center
Brian Sung, MD Bariatric Surgery Director Swedish Medical Center
Tina Turner Senior Internal Consultant Premera Blue Cross
Richard Thirlby, MD Medical Director Surgical Care and Outcomes Assessment Program (SCOAP)