Hi from MD my surgeon was Peter Liao at GBMC...I have Johns Hopkins priority partners through medical assistance...I was originally scheduled for surgery dec. 27 2012 and was denied 3 times I had to fight them the whole way, they kept denying for not showing enough weight loss during monthly weigh ins so I was advised to keep a food journal and come in for 3 months of successfully weigh ins...which I did and GBMC submitted my weight loss along with,y 3 months of eat journals to them and I FINALLY got approved! My surgery was 6/6/13 I hope you don't have to go through what I did