Anybody Know Of Self Pay Docs Around The Rochester Ny Area? (Buffalo? Syracuse?)

[Sphinx 22]

The docs at the best center here said they won't take self pay with a BMI of 38 with no comorbidities. If I had the comorbidities insurance would pay for goodness sake! So now I am wondering about going somewhere near by that may do it. I was hopeful that my insurance company would be willing to work with me since I do have other diagnoses (i.e.: I have RA but the arthritis has to be degenerative to have them pay). I'm feeling very discouraged, when before I was very hopeful that I could work with them on this. Any suggestions are helpful, please!

[meyouus 415]

Sphinx,

I don't know how the Insurance thing works anymore, or the self-pay. But I can introduce you to my surgeon in Buffalo, NY. Dr. Alan Posner. He works out of Buffalo General Hospital...The Comprehensive Weight Loss Clinic. There's another surgeon working there too, I think his/her name is Hoffman.

I don't know if this helps, but you could give them a try.

Good Luck!

[Sphinx 22]

Thank you. The surgeon I was referred to is highly recommended and I was hoping that I could at least see him so they could work with insurance for me but I can't even get in

[njoylif 1]

Did you have surgery done? Driver down to New Brunswick, NJ dr. MEDTHA is awesome

[Sphinx 22]

Did you have surgery done? Driver down to New Brunswick, NJ dr. MEDTHA is awesome

Hey

Nope, haven't had my surgery yet! Turns out though, that I am an inch shorter than I thought which brings my BMI to 40 so insurance should pay. Luckily they don't require the 5% weight loss, but obviously still need to do the nutrition stuff......So far I have been to my initial seminar, my first group nutrition class, my initial history and physical and my therapist eval. So far so good! I just have to do 1:1 sessions with nutritionist (2 of them) and get an approval letter from my rheumatologist,. and I also have an eval at the sleep center, to see if I have sleep Apnea, but if my BMI stays at 40# it won't matter.

But thanks for the advice!