Comprehensive support for bariatric surgery, GLP-1 medications, and metabolic health optimization.
Reduce staff burden. Improve patient outcomes. Increase revenue. Turnkey and co-branded to your practice.
estimated cost savings from reduced morbidity, mortality, and malpractice liability
of pre-operative patients felt more supported on their journey within 6 weeks
improvement across key compliance and psychosocial metrics
ASMBS Guidelines Aligned
MBSAQIP Compliant
13+ Years Clinical Experience
Clinician-Led Platform
Your practice is stretched thin, patient expectations remain high, and the aftercare burden continues to grow.
There’s typically one person shouldering the entire aftercare burden—managing support groups, patient education, follow-up calls, and clinic projects—all while juggling daily clinical responsibilities. This individual is feeling the weight of unsustainable expectations and burnout is inevitable.
Patients disappear after surgery, making MBSAQIP compliance difficult and increasing your morbidity and liability risk. Without consistent touchpoints, you lose visibility into their progress and ability to intervene early when complications arise.
Building your own virtual aftercare platform requires assembling an expensive web development team, ongoing technical maintenance, content creation, and community management. The investment of time and resources is substantial, delaying your ability to deliver modern care to patients who expect it.
Without consistent reinforcement, patients struggle to maintain basic bariatric habits—vitamin adherence, protein intake, water goals, and regular exercise—significantly increasing the likelihood of post-operative weight regain and costly complications.
Surgical volume has decreased with the rise of GLP-1 medications, but your patients still need comprehensive aftercare support. Maintaining quality care delivery with reduced revenue presents a significant operational challenge.
Without robust aftercare, you’re losing new surgical consultations to competitors who offer comprehensive support programs. Poor patient retention also means missed opportunities for elective general surgery procedures like cholecystectomies, hernia repairs, and reflux management—shortening patient lifetime value to your practice.
Banana Bariatrics is a turnkey virtual aftercare platform created by a practicing bariatric PA-C, designed to align with ASMBS and MBSAQIP standards.
Your practice branding is seamlessly integrated alongside Banana Bariatrics throughout the patient experience. Patients interact with custom co-branded landing pages and receive personalized email communications featuring your practice logo and information. These branded touchpoints ensure patients see this as a trusted extension of your comprehensive care—not an anonymous third-party service.
We provide pre-operative conversion support that reduces last-minute cancellations and surgical hesitancy. During the peri-operative phase, our compliance reinforcement strategies improve surgical outcomes and reduce complications. Post-operatively, our retention strategies extend patient lifetime value to your practice while dramatically reducing your lost-to-follow-up rates for MBSAQIP reporting.
Patients gain access to weekly support groups, comprehensive educational courses, practical nutritional guidance, and monthly accountability challenges—all created and delivered by experienced bariatric specialists. We release new content regularly to keep patients engaged, educated, and progressing successfully throughout their entire bariatric journey from pre-op through years post-surgery.
We handle all content creation, weekly support group facilitation, daily community engagement, and ongoing technical maintenance on your behalf. This allows your clinical team to focus on what they do best—providing excellent patient care—while we deliver the education, accountability, and support structure your patients need to succeed long-term.
You won’t face a lengthy development timeline requiring months of planning and expensive technical resources. Most practices launch in as little as 4-6 weeks with our complete tech setup, established content library, and ongoing support group schedule already in place and ready to serve your patients immediately.
Whether you’re a surgeon just starting your bariatric practice or an established program seeing hundreds of patients annually, the platform grows seamlessly with your practice volume. You’ll never encounter capacity limits on patient enrollment or need additional staffing requirements as you scale your aftercare program.
Our Back on Track program re-engages lost patients, making MBSAQIP compliance easier to fulfill while providing weight regain support and renewed accountability.
Pre-operative patients receive immediate support through our Patient Fears Course, mentorship, and community engagement, reducing last-minute cancellations and moving more patients confidently toward surgery.
Regular education on vitamins, protein, water, and exercise adherence reduces deficiencies and complications, lowering your liability risk.
Offer a unique, lifelong model of care that generates positive reviews and word-of-mouth referrals, attracting new consultations and positioning you as a leader in comprehensive bariatric care.
Aetna patients can complete up to 10 of 12 required touchpoints in as little as one month. Certificates awarded upon completion accelerate their path to surgery and improve your scheduling efficiency.
Discussions about reflux, biliary colic, and hernias naturally lead to increased general surgery consultations within your existing patient base.
Our program doesn’t just improve care—it transforms your bottom line.
Weekly live and recorded support groups led by bariatric specialists
Bariatric Nutrition 101 comprehensive course
Vitamin and Mineral Deficiencies prevention education
Back on Track program specifically for weight regain support
Prospective Patient Fears course to improve surgical conversion
Food Addiction and Emotional Eating specialized modules
Anti-obesity medication education and integration guidance
Yoga, exercise programming, and movement education
Meal prep, planning sessions, and recipe vault access
Mindset mastery and behavior change courses
Plastic surgery and body contouring guidance for post-op patients
Monthly accountability challenges to maintain engagement and motivation
All support groups and educational content are led by credentialed bariatric-specialized providers who serve as an adjunctive clinical team to extend bariatric knowledge, evidence-based guidance, and compliance support to your patients.
Banana Bariatrics was founded by Kate Fuss, PA-C, a practicing Bariatric Physician Assistant with over 13 years of experience in hospital, OR, and clinic settings. Kate understands the challenges you face because she lives them daily in clinical practice.
After witnessing the overwhelming aftercare burden on practices and the gaps in patient support that lead to poor outcomes, Kate created Banana Bariatrics as a solution that aligns with ASMBS and MBSAQIP standards while remaining practical and scalable for practices of all sizes.
Our dedicated team values feedback from both patients and practices. With complete control over our tech stack, we can quickly implement improvements and customize solutions to meet your specific needs.
Credentials:
Masters of Medical Science, Wake Forest School of Medicine
Surgical Residency Training, Yale and Norwalk Hospitals
Board Certified Specialist in Obesity and Weight Management
13+ years clinical and operative experience
Expertise in Bariatrics, General Surgery, and Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Currently practicing Bariatric PA-C
Important Note on Medical Oversight: Kate functions as a bariatric health coach within the aftercare program. She does not establish patient-provider relationships in this setting, ensuring appropriate professional boundaries while preserving medical oversight and clinical guidance. The program serves as an adjunctive educational resource that complements—but never replaces—the essential clinical care provided by your practice.
Everything you need to know about implementing Banana Bariatrics in your practice.
Virtual aftercare provides consistent, on-demand access to education, support, and accountability that patients need between clinical visits. Our data shows 21% improvement in vitamin adherence, 37% increase in exercise frequency, and significant improvements in confidence and social support—all key factors in preventing weight regain and complications.
Our pricing is designed to be accessible for practices of all sizes, from solo surgeons to established bariatric centers. The investment is significantly lower than building an in-house program or hiring additional staff. Contact us for a customized quote based on your patient volume and specific needs.
No. Banana Bariatrics is designed as an adjunctive resource that complements—not replaces—your in-person clinical care. The platform handles education, community support, and accountability, allowing your clinic visits to focus on clinical assessment, physical exams, and medical management. This creates a more comprehensive care model for patients.
Aetna patients can complete up to 10 of their 12 required touchpoints through Banana Bariatrics in as little as one month. Downloadable completion certificates serve as documentation for insurance requirements, accelerating patients to surgery while ensuring they’re well-prepared for their procedure.
Banana Bariatrics is designed to integrate seamlessly with your existing resources. Many practices use our platform to augment what they’re already doing, offloading the time-intensive components like weekly support groups and ongoing content creation while maintaining their own clinical protocols and patient touchpoints.
Most practices launch within 4-6 weeks. After our initial consultation and agreement, we handle the technical setup, co-branding implementation, and staff training. Your patients can begin accessing the platform immediately upon enrollment, with no lengthy waiting periods or complex integration requirements.
Schedule a 15-minute demo to see the platform in action, review our proven outcomes data, and discuss how we can support your practice’s specific needs and goals.
No long-term contracts required. Launch in 4-6 weeks with complete tech setup included.
