Oklahoma City clinic helps children, families improve health and lifestyles

A team approach with multiple health professionals can include services that insurers won’t cover, creating funding hurdles for the new obesity clinic at The Children’s Hospital at OU Medical Center.

BY JACLYN COSGROVE | Published: September 23, 2012

As Oklahoma’s obesity rate continues to rise, a new clinic for obese children faces challenges of how it will pay for the services it provides.

photo - Dr. Ashley Weedn, a pediatrician at The Children's Hospital, and Stephen Gillaspy, a pediatric psychologist, talk in an examination room in the new obesity clinic for children that opened in Children's Hospital a few weeks ago. Children ages 2 to 18 are treated at the clinic. <strong>Jim Beckel - THE OKLAHOMAN</strong>

Dr. Ashley Weedn, a pediatrician at The Children's Hospital, and Stephen Gillaspy, a pediatric psychologist, talk in an examination room in the new obesity clinic for children that opened in Children's Hospital a few weeks ago. Children ages 2 to 18 are treated at the clinic. Jim Beckel - THE OKLAHOMAN

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“These types of clinics do not fund themselves,” said Dr. Ashley Weedn, the clinic’s medical director and an OU Children’s Physicians pediatrician. “Reimbursement is a real issue in...
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