Waiting For Insurance Approval...how Long?

[colleenjoy 104]

I know each insurance is different, but hown long did you have to wait between submitting to your insurance and when they approved it. I'm not talking about how long did it take to meet all the requirements (ie 6 months supervised weight loss...) but how long from the time you met all the requirements and submitted until you got the approval letter.

Can you tell I'm submitting to insurance this week?

[lisaholland73 197]

Bcbsil approved me within a week. Nurse told me it would be at least 2-3 weeks so I was pleasantly surprised.

[NWgirl 574]

anthem bcbs approved me in two weeks. I think they have a max of 30 days to approve or deny.

[Jim1967 3,569]

I received a denial letter today from Cigna. Cigna requires 6 month supervised diet and my Doc office submitted early by 2.5 weeks. Cigna also said I was under 18 and they cannot approve. LOL... I haven't been a teenager in a very long time.

Edit: Information was submitted on 3/15 and the denial came today so it was a quick turn around telling me to go pound sand....

[bornready 42]

Anthem "couldn't find" my paperwork after 4 weeks. It was resubmitted and we had approval within a week.

Anthem "couldn't find" my paperwork after 4 weeks. It was resubmitted and we had approval within a week.

[colleenjoy 104]

So it sounds like most people heard back relatively quickly. I am trying not to be too impatient, which is hard for me. I will contact my dr office tomorrow to see if they have submitted(hopefully already) and how long they think it will be.

Jim- are you resubmitting once you are officially at 6 months?

[Wheety3 5]

United Healthcare, it only took a few days but my nurse said I have a very good ins plan. They expected it to be a couple of weeks but it only took about 3 days. Good luck.

[Anume 937 314]

Mines got approved less than a wk

[Jim1967 3,569]

Jim- are you resubmitting once you are officially at 6 months?

Center I am going through already faxed additional information to Cigna. I pointed out that I am shy by a few weeks of 6 months and the person I am working with said that is OK. We'll see what happens...

[jen_1381 446]

I have United Healthcare, and like Wheety the nurse I'm working with also said that my insurance plan is a dream to work with. On the timeline they gave us in the WLS Seminar it said to allow 2-6 weeks for approval or denial, she said she almost always gets approval within just a few days.

[colleenjoy 104]

I got a letter from my surgeons office yesterday saying that they submitted to my insurance and if I don't hear anything by two weeks to call the insurance company. So the surgeon's office is on it! Hopefully I won't have to wait the whole two weeks, and hopedully I'll get approved.

[colleenjoy 104]

Just got the call from my surgeon's office. I got approved!!!

[blanham04 38]

Congrats!!!

[Anume 937 314]

Just got the call from my surgeon's office. I got approved!!!

Okay then....congratulation

[Letsdothis 2]

It has been almost 2 weeks for me,I am still waiting for approval, in pending status ...I have bcbs