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Do you really have to go through 6 months before your doctor can submit the referral?

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I have BCBS of illinois and i got the surgery 2 months after first talk with the Doctor. I have a long history of doing things to loose weight. Maybe that is why it went quick for me. I was just banded the 13 of Nov. good luck!!

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When I first started the process in October of 2010 BCBS required 6 months of doctor/nutritionist oversight. By the time I made it through this process my BCBS dropped that requirement. But, each plan could be different. The only way to know is to login to your online BCBS account and see what your benefits are and what they require of you? It was all there in writing when I started this.

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i have anthem bcbs and i had to do 3months of supervised

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I work for BCBS of IL. As far as OUR company goes, the 6 month doctor/nutritionist oversight has been waived and is no longer required in order to get approved by BCBS of IL.

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I'm bcbs in md for state workers and I had 6 month period as well

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Definitely call your insurance and ask them what their requirements are. Also know that BCBS is not all the same. Each state, etc is different and your employer may not cover the procedure. You won't know unless you call them. I have bcbs of il and agree w/ the earlier posts that they dropped many of the requirements.

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