emilybrokaw

My husband is active duty navy and I went through tricare west. I just had my surgery on September 16, and I felt like the process was fairly easy. I asked my PCM for the referral for surgery, and she submitted it. I had to do 6 months of weigh ins with her and had to make sure she documented what I was doing different in my diet and exercise. I almost had the surgery when we were in the south region and they didn't require the 6 month diet. You can go to the tricare page and search for bariatric surgery in the "what's covered" section and it'll tell you all the requirements

I've been on the phone all day trying to figure out the actual requirements set by triwest... According to my surgeons office tricare requires a 6 month diet plan that is supervised by your pcm, but then when i called the triwest hotline they say that there is no time limit set forth.. I really feel like all the customer service people aren't educated at all on any of the insurance coverage, because all they are reading to me over the phone is what I can access on the tricare webpage under coverages. I'm just getting super frustrated!

unfortunately when i went to meet with Dr. Rothchild he turned me away because of my age. I'm 21, and he basically told me i was too young for the surgery. This week i have my consult with Dr. Michael Snyder, and hopefully things will go better with him.

On dr synders webpage it says that it's $9,800.. Which is very cheap compared to the cost of his other offered surgeries.