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As of the 24th of November, I was official denied surgery.

However, I have since spoken to the authorization department to get more information. My denial letter also came in the mail today.

I need to submit my journal and proof that the doctor supervised me during the program I did.

So, I will be faxing that tomorrow... and hoping that they will approve it before my original date.. so I can keep it on December 20th!

I hope it's as easy as it sounds. The lady I talked to mentioned I had a lot of paperwork but was just missing those two things and that's why I was denied.

:)

I'm feeling VERY hopeful and VERY VERY optimistic!

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Appeal!!! And read your policy. Often times, copany polices are a little different than the "generic insurance company" version. Make sure you know the exact REASON that you were denied.

I won my appeal once, and now twice... don't give up.

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I am also crossing my fingers, I felt your dissapointment when you posted about your denial. It sounded like you had everyone that would qualify a person for the surgery so the fact that some paperwork got lost/misplaced is not surprising but certainly an easily corrected error! So yay for you and best wishes.

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