Welcome to LBT! I am from colorado springs and have United Health care.
The only requirement I had to have was a bmi of 40 or more. I also had to go to a seminar about lap band surgery. once I did that I got the appointment with my surgeon, Dr. Fisher at Penrose Hospital. Then they require you to see a nutritionist and have a psych eval. I went to the seminar on July 23, had my first appointment on aug 11th, had my eval on aug 28th, 2nd apoointment with the surgeon on sept. 18th, and i'm having my sugery on Oct 9th. It was a very fast process for me.