I have Anthem BCBS as a state employee of VA. I had to do 12 months of monthly phone calls with a 'health coach' where we would make monthly 'goals' to get me ready for surgery. It was BS, but i stuck with it to get insurance to cover it. I dont wish that requirement on ANYBODY. it was a LONG year, but I'm now 6 days out from being banded
During my initial seminar they asked me to list all of my diets attempts, how much i lost, and how much i gained back, so i documented all my atkins, south beach, ww, low cal, calorie counting. ( I honestly think this is something SUPER serious, its just to make sure youve made attempts in the past to lose weight)
They also require a history of weight from my PCP, which is just when i would go in with a cold and they weighed me. They asked for 5 years, I had only been going to the doctor for 3, and i was approved anyway.