you must have a dr, a reg dr. that comes from the medicaid you have, he can give you a surgeon he might know,  but your local hospt can tell you who does the WLS surgery, they may or not know what all ins they use but its a good possibility thye do/

 I would recommend checking into Dr. Jawad in Orlando/Ocala.  It is a bit of a drive but I HIGHLY recommend him.  He is VERY well known in the industry for his work.  I am a patient of his and I would say without a doubt he is great at his job.  I couldn't imagine another dr.  He has been doing this for years and has been recognized as being one of the top in his field.

Thanks

 Ok, Thank you for the help! It seems like they make this stuff Harder to understand than it should be. So hospitals can tell me all the dr.'s that accept medicaid? I found the thing online for my area but the only dr. whose name I recognized was my pediatrition from like 10 years ago.

New to the are (1 week new!) and I'm 3 weeks out. Would love a support group around here... especially since I'm between checkups.

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Hi, My name it Tosha and I live in the ocala area. I recently found out from a friend that  she was  approved for Bariactric surgery through Medicaid, she used MediPass.She also had Dr. Hoddinott has anyone here been through him? What wasyour experiance like? I was also wondering if anyone on here has been through the Medicaid process cos to be completely honest I dont understand the share of cost and most of the things i've been reading. I need to choose a healthcare plan for my Medicaid and dont know which to choose. I've tried looking online to find lists of providers for different plans and when I call they dont seem too helpful. I'm kind of a newbie here. Can anyone tell me what my "gameplan" should be?I'm 24 and have never really had any form of healthcare before. I mean I've read up on the surgeries but i'm not sure what to do from here.