Texas Bariatric Independent Medical Review
Remote Reviews Across Texas.
In-Person Examinations in Brownsville.
CEAB Investments LP provides insurers, claims organizations, law firms, third-party administrators, medical-review companies and other institutional partners with coordinated access to a highly qualified CEAB network physician specializing in bariatric and general surgery.
Remote medical-record reviews and appropriate independent physician-consulting services are available for cases throughout Texas. In-person private medical-legal examinations are available in Brownsville for claimants located in the Rio Grande Valley and surrounding South Texas communities.
Bariatric Surgical Expertise
for Complex Cases.
The featured CEAB network physician is:
- Board-certified in General Surgery
- Board-certified in Obesity Medicine
- Fellowship-trained in minimally invasive and bariatric surgery
- Holder of the American Board of Surgery Focused Practice Designation in Bariatric Surgery
- A Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
- A Fellow of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
- Actively licensed and practicing in Texas
- Experienced in more than 1,400 bariatric procedures
- Experienced in general, bariatric, minimally invasive, acute-care and trauma surgery
This specialized experience can support organizations evaluating complicated surgical records, treatment decisions, injury claims, postoperative outcomes and future-care questions.
Texas Statewide Remote Medical Reviews
Organizations located anywhere in Texas may request record-based review and physician consulting. Remote services may include:
Texas Statewide
Remote Medical Reviews
Organizations located anywhere in Texas may request record-based review and physician consulting. Remote services may include:
- Bariatric and general-surgery medical-record reviews
- Gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy case reviews
- Revision bariatric surgery reviews
- Surgical complication reviews
- Medical-necessity assessments
- Treatment-appropriateness reviews
- Prospective, concurrent and retrospective reviews
- Length-of-stay assessments
- High-cost or complex surgical-claim reviews
- Surgical causation and future-care opinions
- Standard-of-care and delayed-diagnosis reviews
- Peer-to-peer surgical consultation
- Disability and work-restriction reviews
- Independent second opinions
CEAB uses the phrase “Medical-Necessity Review Support and Physician Consulting” when describing these services.
CEAB does not represent itself as a certified Texas Utilization Review Agent and does not independently issue formal insurance coverage denials. When regulated utilization review is required, CEAB and its network physician can work through or in cooperation with the appropriately authorized insurer, health plan or utilization-review organization.
In-Person Examinations
in Brownsville.
Private medical-legal examinations are available in Brownsville, Texas, for cases in which a physical assessment is appropriate and the claimant can reasonably attend the examination.
Potential examination services include:
- Independent surgical examinations
- Automobile and trucking injury evaluations
- Abdominal trauma assessments
- Traumatic hernia evaluations
- Scar, wound and postoperative limitation assessments
- Evaluation of possible future surgical needs
- Fitness-for-duty opinions
- Return-to-work opinions outside the Texas DWC MMI and impairment-rating system
The physician does not perform Texas DWC-designated doctor examinations, certify maximum medical improvement, assign impairment ratings or conduct official Texas DWC dispute-resolution examinations.
One Coordinated
Referral Process.
CEAB provides the administrative infrastructure needed to move a referral from initial inquiry through completion.
Our role may include:
Secure case intake
- Initial service and jurisdiction screening
- Physician credential coordination
- Record collection and organization
- Scheduling and examination coordination
- Communication with the referring organization
- Report workflow management
- Administrative follow-up
- Invoice coordination
The physician independently performs the medical examination or record review and provides the final professional opinion. CEAB manages the administrative workflow so institutional clients have one organized point of contact.
Who We Work With
CEAB welcomes appropriate case inquiries from:
- Insurance carriers
- Claims departments
- Medical-review and peer-review organizations
- IME companies
- Third-party administrators
- Self-funded health plans
- Hospitals and healthcare risk departments
- Medical-malpractice and insurance-defense firms
- Personal-injury and liability firms
- Workers’ compensation organizations
- Disability and stop-loss insurers
- Medical bill-review and payment-integrity companies
Request a Texas Case Review
Tell CEAB what type of review you need, whether the matter requires an in-person examination, the Texas jurisdiction, approximate record volume and requested timing.
Please do not submit detailed medical records or sensitive claimant information through the initial marketing form. CEAB will review the preliminary inquiry, confirm whether the matter fits the available specialty and provide instructions for the appropriate next step.
Remote medical review: available throughout Texas
In-person examinations: Brownsville and practical South Texas service area
