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Come ON already!!! Pre-op frustration!

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Ok, so today my PCM saw me as a follow up appointment, and they've had my consult information from the surgeon for a week already and was just reading it while I was sitting there!! So finally they are going to send the letter of medical necessity to the surgeon so the surgeon can request the preauth from insurance. Okay, all well and good, but the surgeon won't request preauth without a Echocardiogram and an EGD WHICH CAN'T GET SCHEDULED ANY EARLIER THAN A MONTH FROM NOW!!! :thumbup: And that's only because of which gastro the PCM decided to refer it to!! :rolleyes2:

 

Now, there are at least 50 other gastros on both my insurances in this town!! Surely it could get scheduled earlier through some other gastro!!! I mean this is the only hold up and I feel like I have been shoving a cart with square wheels up a darn mountain so far and this is just frustrating me to no end. Is it reasonable to request my PC physician refer to a different gastro for the EGD?? :rolleyes2: ....One that can see me sooner so I can finally find out if I'm even going to be approved?? I know other people have spent longer than this going through this process but I've done everything they've asked and more. And this isn't even waiting on insurance or even the surgeon, it's just waiting senselessly for a darn appt. They've never had to ask me for one more piece of info....that's how much I researched and prepared before even going to the surgeon. UUgghh! It's just such a tedious process. Ok, I'm done with my spoiled brat whining... but I am going to call my Dr back and try to see if they'll refer to another gastro. I don't know how I can make a whole month go by without pulling my hair out!! I could have had the Echo done tomorrow but it has to be within 2 wks of surgery, but if the gastro can't do the scope till a month from now, I'd have to get it done all over again. And I don't know why it should take a month to get a stupid appointment. You would think the dr. assistant should have looked for some other one to send me to when I'm only waiting for this to get done with everything I had to do before surgery.

 

Thanks for reading and letting me rant here!!

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Ok, so today my PCM saw me as a follow up appointment, and they've had my consult information from the surgeon for a week already and was just reading it while I was sitting there!! So finally they are going to send the letter of medical necessity to the surgeon so the surgeon can request the preauth from insurance. Okay, all well and good, but the surgeon won't request preauth without a Echocardiogram and an EGD WHICH CAN'T GET SCHEDULED ANY EARLIER THAN A MONTH FROM NOW!!! :) And that's only because of which gastro the PCM decided to refer it to!! :thumbup:

Now, there are at least 50 other gastros on both my insurances in this town!! Surely it could get scheduled earlier through some other gastro!!! I mean this is the only hold up and I feel like I have been shoving a cart with square wheels up a darn mountain so far and this is just frustrating me to no end. Is it reasonable to request my PC physician refer to a different gastro for the EGD?? :) ....One that can see me sooner so I can finally find out if I'm even going to be approved?? I know other people have spent longer than this going through this process but I've done everything they've asked and more. And this isn't even waiting on insurance or even the surgeon, it's just waiting senselessly for a darn appt. They've never had to ask me for one more piece of info....that's how much I researched and prepared before even going to the surgeon. UUgghh! It's just such a tedious process. Ok, I'm done with my spoiled brat whining... but I am going to call my Dr back and try to see if they'll refer to another gastro. I don't know how I can make a whole month go by without pulling my hair out!! I could have had the Echo done tomorrow but it has to be within 2 wks of surgery, but if the gastro can't do the scope till a month from now, I'd have to get it done all over again. And I don't know why it should take a month to get a stupid appointment. You would think the dr. assistant should have looked for some other one to send me to when I'm only waiting for this to get done with everything I had to do before surgery.

Thanks for reading and letting me rant here!!

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