Cigna Changed Their Requirements!! What?!?!?!

[chrissssy 3]

So as most of you know, cigna has required a 6 month supervised diet for awhile now. I consisently hear how much trouble people have with insurance companies approving lapband. Why in the world would cigna go and make it easier?! beats me but i LOVE it!!!

I went for my 3rd visit today and the woman at the desk informed me i had a change in insurance and wondered if i was aware. well no i definately was not aware. She had me thinking it was something bad and finally she said.. "today is your last visit! Cigna now only requires a 3 month supervised diet". holy crap that excites the poo outta me! now it looks as if ill be getting banded in june rather than september/november! i think this is the best news i've heard all year

[DeAna N 229]

Excellent....I love when the change is for the better

[cmk99 39]

That's great!!! Congrats!

[justathing2me 146]

That's great news! My 6th visit is July 2nd and my surgery is scheduled for 8/1. Can't wait!

[mylynn1377 93]

That is super awesome!

[Jim1967 3,569]

Figures....I started my journey in October and just got banded last month. Oh well it was still worth it I dropped 36 pounds in those 6 months and proved to the Surgeon I was on a serious mission to change my life style..6 months or 3 it doesn't matter I would do it all again.

Cool thing is I have a max out of pocket with Cigna which I hit before this surgery so none of this cost me a thing...

On a side note I recall a talk my Surgeon and I had about insurance requirements and he personally felt 6 months is way too long. He says most people do well short term and lose but by the end of the 6 months they are back where they started. He would rather do the surgery after a short amount of time when the weight was lost as it would be safer condition with the shrinking of the liver.

Good Luck on your journey!!

[tomato pie 15]

So as most of you know, cigna has required a 6 month supervised diet for awhile now. I consisently hear how much trouble people have with insurance companies approving lapband. Why in the world would cigna go and make it easier?! beats me but i LOVE it!!!

I went for my 3rd visit today and the woman at the desk informed me i had a change in insurance and wondered if i was aware. well no i definately was not aware. She had me thinking it was something bad and finally she said.. "today is your last visit! Cigna now only requires a 3 month supervised diet". holy crap that excites the poo outta me! now it looks as if ill be getting banded in june rather than september/november! i think this is the best news i've heard all year

. THANK YOU thank you thank you! A million times thank you! I called my patient care coordinator and told her I heard on this site that requirements have changed. She had to get back to me on that. And all of a sudden I am ready and have everything ready to schedule my pre-op appt with my surgeon!!! You Saved me from 3 more months of the supervised diet!

[Doodledo73 7]

So how long after all your information was submitted to insurance did you hear anything? How long should I wait before I call and bug them? My paperwork was submitted yesterday so I thought I'd call them on Tuesday.

[ilikebunnies 48]

Lol that's awesome! BCBS did the same thing to me; however, no one notified me (wonk wonk) I found out on my own. Congrats on the great news!

[alex77709 29]

Ilikebunnies... Are you sating that BCBS change their requirements too?

[ilikebunnies 48]

BCBS of TX changed the requirements from a required six month diet to no required diet in Feb 2012. Mind you my plan may be different from others. The change made me very happy!

[chrissssy 3]

So how long after all your information was submitted to insurance did you hear anything? How long should I wait before I call and bug them? My paperwork was submitted yesterday so I thought I'd call them on Tuesday.

I submitted on june 6th and got an approval on june 14th, finally had my surgery on july 17th. Yay!