nennas_mommy

How exciting!!! I also have BS of CA and I am on month 4 of 6. How was the process for you? Where are you having your surgery? Sent from my iPhone

What kind of questions did they ask? How was the appointment over all? Sent from my iPhone

I'm not sure about OC but I know Loma Linda is good as well as St Bernadine's. I'm going through Western Bariatrics which is at St Bernadine's. Sent from my iPhone

My co-worker just got the gastric sleeve done on July 9th. We obviously work for the same company and we have the same insurance, same plan, everything. Well, I recently went to the same seminar she did, at the same hospital she went to and today I got a call from the coordinator saying that my insurance does not cover Bariatric surgery!! What the heck is going on!!?? So I called them myself and the representative gave me a "yes and no" type answer. He said I'd have to go through 6 months of medically supervised weight loss, a psychological evaluation, so on and so forth. All of which is done at the hospital where I went to the seminar! I am just confused. Sent from my iPhone

Oh my goodness! 5 years! Then 12 months! Mine only requires a 6 months supervised weightless.

I know the feeling. The hospital I want to go to called me yesterday and told me that my insurance does not have Bariatric coverage. I told her, "That's funny, my co-worker just had her gastric sleeve at your facility on July 9th and we have the same insurance!" I called my insurance myself and confirmed that they do cover Bariatric services. So that makes me wonder not only how much business they've lost, but how many poor people have been told NO when they really are covered.

My co-worker just got the gastric sleeve done on July 9th. We obviously work for the same company and we have the same insurance, same plan, everything. Well, I recently went to the same seminar she did, at the same hospital she went to and today I got a call from the coordinator saying that my insurance does not cover Bariatric surgery!! What the heck is going on!!?? So I called them myself and the representative gave me a "yes and no" type answer. He said I'd have to go through 6 months of medically supervised weight loss, a psychological evaluation, so on and so forth. All of which is done at the hospital where I went to the seminar! I am just confused. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

That was the surgeons office! Sent from my iPhone

Yes. My BMI is 43! The minimum is 40. She was told that neither the HMO or PPO plans covered Bariatric services at all! I gave her my call reference number and She said she'd call again tomorrow so finger crossed! Sent from my iPhone