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Super hard! I called again today and actually spoke to my case manager... Surprised she answered...and she said oh you only had one dr appt in 2009 reported so I had to get a note stating I only went to the dr that one time.... Kinda tedious if you ask me. But had them fax that right away and asked her if I would be delaying by two weeks again grrrrr. She said no she would watch for it... Then she said she just needs to review my diet info but ill keep you posted...fingers crossed...

Super hard! I called again today and actually spoke to my case manager... Surprised she answered...and she said oh you only had one dr appt in 2009 reported so I had to get a note stating I only went to the dr that one time.... Kinda tedious if you ask me. But had them fax that right away and asked her if I would be delaying by two weeks again grrrrr. She said no she would watch for it... Then she said she just needs to review my diet info but ill keep you posted...fingers crossed...

Super hard! I called again today and actually spoke to my case manager... Surprised she answered...and she said oh you only had one dr appt in 2009 reported so I had to get a note stating I only went to the dr that one time.... Kinda tedious if you ask me. But had them fax that right away and asked her if I would be delaying by two weeks again grrrrr. She said no she would watch for it... Then she said she just needs to review my diet info but ill keep you posted...fingers crossed...

**positive** PS I asked if there was anything else she needed as I have sent all that was required and more! 3 year history of obesity 40+, current BMI 41, proof of 7 month HCG diet supervised by doctor...chart notes and receipts of weights bmi once a month,, psych clearance, PCP clearance and recommendation, NUT clearance and notes on family history, diet history failures, surgeon request and paperwork, sleep apnea test done and I have mild sleep apnea, all bloodwork done...but pre diabetic.....I just don't get why it take so long....;(

Nice that is so awesome!! ! Thank you for your reply!! They received ad scanned in the papers last Monday... Still waiting hoping for approval and answer by this week...any day....

Blue cross not blue rosa... Congrats on your approval!!!!! That is awesome!!!!!

@missmelymelissa What blue rosa do you have?? I waiting impatiently for mine this week as well.. I have BCbS of Alabama....

What insurances do you have? If you don't mind me asking?? Still waiting and waiting for an answer...was told this time of year is busy and takes a little longer...

Also- I would research surgeons and get your consultation done as the surgeons office is the one that actually submits to your insurance for approval. Plus they usually have a insurance coordinator that will help with all of that stuff.

As far as your bmi- the way I understand it is if it does fluctuate its ok- your wanting to Prove that you can't keep the weight off. That's the way my nutritionist explained it to me. The big one is having the 6 month physician supervised diet. They will not budge on that one. For that I would contact your PCP about that and get that started. I actually have 8 months of a physician supervised diet and they still asked for more information and chart notes on it- they are pretty strict about that one. But the way the nutritionist explained it the bmi can fluctuate.

Thank you for the response... How long did it take you to be approved? Thanks! I know this time of year it may be very busy with people submitting for approval! Thank you!

I have been dealing with bcbs of Alabama and the approval process they said I was missing thi has such as the three year history(2 out of the 3 years they had) so I had that faxed to them and then they needed my chart notes from the dr that was a supervised diet for 6 months to meet that requirement which finally was scanned in... My coordinator sent to them but they wanted it directly from the DR... They finally received and scanned it in last Monday the 13th now I just waiting...and waiting.... 40+ bmi for 3 + years and slight sleep apnea with family history of diabetes...I did my 6 but actually 7 months of HCG dr supervised diet...hope to get approved and a surgery date before the end of the year... I know they usually take 1-2 weeks at this time of the year with so many people trying to get approved so trying to be patient... What's your story!!?