Stalking My insurance company..LOL!

[Toohotfortv 0]

I have completed my 3 months of supervised weight loss and was only able to lose 6 pounds. My phsch eval is complete, nutrition and exercise visits are also complete.

My surgeon program assistant sent my packet to Aetna which I have through the Federal government. No I just have to weight.

I am 30, with a bmi of 43 and no hbp or diabeties. I have been obese for about 5 years.

Do you think I'll get approved? I am going to call them again in 3 hours. They probably tell me not to call again. LOL!

My tenative surgery date is November 9th.

[poppieswife 0]

I too have Aetna. They received my paper work 9/10/10 and called my surgeons office today wanting to see a two year weight history and then they can approve. My doctor’s office said they would fax it today and hope to have approval by tomorrow morning. They won't set a surgery date until I'm approved. Which, is ok as I can't get off of work until November.

I call the Aetna the day the paper work was set in just to make sure they received it. Then I think I called every day until finally they told me not to call for about a week, that it was pending.

Good luck to you.

[bayareanan 24]

My aetna approval took one week, and there was a holiday weekend in it. I was pleasantly surprised.

[MustangKitten 0]

This is really encouraging for me because I have Aetna too. I haven't submitted mine for approval yet as I still have one more visit for my 3 month history on Oct 14th. Hopefully it will only take a week or less for approval. That would be awesome! Thanks for the info guys!

Melissa

[Toohotfortv 0]

I told myself I wouldn't call until the end of the day. But I called an hour ago. STILL Pending! The lady said it ususally takes about four days with Aetna.

The wait is the worst!

I did go to a support group last night. A woman there has lost 143 pounds in 19 months. That's so great.

[MRSKOUBiK 27]

I just learned today that my doctors office has ALL My paperwork now. So I too will be stalking the insurance company soon!

[PuppyBandit 2]

I wouldn't stalk too much lol. The people with your paperwork could put your file on the bottom of the stack.

Give them a week at least and good luck!

[MustangKitten 0]

I told myself I wouldn't call until the end of the day. But I called an hour ago. STILL Pending! The lady said it ususally takes about four days with Aetna.

The wait is the worst!

I did go to a support group last night. A woman there has lost 143 pounds in 19 months. That's so great.

Where did you begin to find a support group? I haven't thought about asking my doctor's office about it yet but I think I will at my next appointment. I was going to use these online forums as my support system for now but an in person group would be great as well. Thanks for your help!

Melissa

[Toohotfortv 0]

The support group is held by my doctors office. It's held once a month. I think its a great motovational tool.

Crazyinlove, I hope you get approved! Shoot I hope I get approved. LOL!

[Angiemar 0]

I wouldn't stalk too much lol. The people with your paperwork could put your file on the bottom of the stack.

I just did hopefully my LAST test before getting a surgery date. Yes I will be calling, but I'm going to be a smart stalker. I know when these test results were faxed to my doc's office...so I KNOW the lady at the office will fax it right off. So I'll give them a few days. When I feel they've had it in their hand long enough, I'm calling. I called just before I got this most recent test done. I asked the insurance rep a question I already knew the answer to, but she had to call the area that had my paper work. A long story short...a few hours later my docs office heard from the insurance company. I guess for someone to answer my question they had to look at my file; and while they were looking at it I guess they gave answer...which was fine with me =))

[poppieswife 0]

I’m so excited I was approved today:thumbup:. When I called the docs office he is out until Tuesday, so the women in the office said she’d call be back Tuesday to let me know what I had to do next and set a date. She said anytime in mid November!!!! Nothing like going from extreme high to major let down in 20 minutes:biggrin:. These next 4 days will go so slow, I guess I’m expecting to feel different when I get that date.

[bayareanan 24]

I am excited for you on the approval!

November sounds like such a long way away. Even after I was approved for surgery I still had to jump through some additional hoops. You may to, and maybe that is why there is such a delay.

It will come sooner than you think.

[poppieswife 0]

I am excited for you on the approval!

November sounds like such a long way away. Even after I was approved for surgery I still had to jump through some additional hoops. You may to, and maybe that is why there is such a delay.

It will come sooner than you think.

what hoops---don't tell me that I know I have to have upper GI study, bloodwork done. I don't have to do stress test or sleep test at least that is what doc told as I have that do less then a year ago. The only thing I'm really worried about no is getting through the 14 day liquid diet.

[nearly40momma 0]

hi! I have Aetna too and was denied at first request. I expected it really. It sounds like they wnat documentation of dieting in the last 12-24 months. Thats the time frame that I did all the diets in the magazines and no WW or LA Weight loss etc. So unless they were gong to take my food journal from when I did HCg, I was out of luck. They requested I complete a 3 month long education program that could be part of the pre-op program. So I stretched out my behavioral sessions and visited the Dr every month for a weight check/documentation. Oct 6th is my last apt. hopefully they will approve me after that. They have 2 weeks to respond. So I may have to stalk them too! B/c I wnat surg Nov 1st.

[Toohotfortv 0]

I have completed my 3 months of supervised weight loss and was only able to lose 6 pounds. My phsch eval is complete, nutrition and exercise visits are also complete.

My surgeon program assistant sent my packet to Aetna which I have through the Federal government. No I just have to weight.

I am 30, with a bmi of 43 and no hbp or diabeties. I have been obese for about 5 years.

Do you think I'll get approved? I am going to call them again in 3 hours. They probably tell me not to call again. LOL!

My tenative surgery date is November 9th.

UPDATE: I Got Approved today!!! Yeah Me. Now I am nervous.