Tricare referral for VSG at an MTF??????

[Lizbeth 16]

O.k. I have Tricare Prime and see a civilian pcm. She is on board with me getting a vsg. She submitted a referral to tricare for me to have a vsg done at an mtf. Tricare denied the first one so she has submitted another a different way. Still waiting to hear. Can anyone please tell me how to get this done.... My mtf (Ft. Benning, Ga.) doesn't do the surgery so I am trying to go to Fort Gordon, Ga about 4hrs away. Does anyone know how to get this done. Tricare tells me they don't have anything to do with an MTF and the MTF tells me that the referral has to go thru Tricare. I am so frustrated and upset as this is going on 3 weeks of going in circles to get no where. My husband deploys in December and I really wanted this done by then. Please help me I am not sure where to go from here. I make a bunch of calls and just get transfered from person to person. Has anyone transfered MTF"s with a civilian pcm to get this done?

[dragongrl75 2]

I think in order to do the sleeve at the MTF you have to have a pcm at the MTF do the referral through the MTF program. Have you talked to the MTF that does the surgery to see if they can tell you how to go about doing it?

[Lizbeth 16]

I think in order to do the sleeve at the MTF you have to have a pcm at the MTF do the referral through the MTF program. Have you talked to the MTF that does the surgery to see if they can tell you how to go about doing it?

So I talked to Tricare and the MTF is requesting 6months of documented attempts of meds, excercise and diets. Any ideas of exactly what they are looking for exactly with the excercise and diet? If they are looking for foodjournal and excercise journal that I can give them. My pcm knows my meds so thats no problem. Any help on this would be great!

[tankerwife 2]

Did you ever have this done and get your referral?

[gingersnap 11]

Lizbeth,

How did it all turn out? Did you get your surgery?

[cam 15]

I was sleeves at a mtf last July. I got a referral from my PCM to the Bariatric clinic and then went to an info session where I was weighed to see if I qualified. I did and was given a list of requirements I had to do including various hospital exams, Mamo, pap, upper GI and I had to do 6 months of supervised weight loss- I did weight watchers. It was a really simple process and everyone was wonderful from start to finish. I was at Ft. Sam Houston.

[mellifrits 25]

Didn't you say you were living in GA? Was the closest Doctor in TX? I live in SC and I am looking for a military Dr that does VSG.

[cam 15]

I live in San Antonio,tx.