United Healthcare

[hopefuI 0]

Those who have uhc did you have to wait 6mo before surgery

[alliegb3 112]

Nope

[alliegb3 112]

Went n saw surgeon, I had failed diets before, met the bmi criteria, had history of obesity, and gloriously got approved quickly! Took me little over a month, start to finish.

[hopefuI 0]

Oh wow I'm sooo stoked but I don't want to wait 6mo

[hopefuI 0]

When did u get sleeved

[DebraLea 16]

Started out with UHC and it was a great plan but yes they required 6 months of doctor visits with monthly weights and documentation of diet and exercise information AND the doctor had to have it in a specific format to please them. Had to change insurance and took three more months for apporval from new insurance after they denied me and my doctor appealed it was approved

[his2my2our4 120]

Yep..6 months of a medically supervised diet with diet and excercise notes, 5yrs of documented weight history, nut visit and psych evaluation. I didn't want to wait 6 months either but once I realized that was the deal I figured that the 6 months would pass whether I did the steps required or not...better to make the most of my 6 months. Besides, I used that time to give up sodas and limit my carbs (slowly) and it really helped me form those new habits! Once I was post op I didn't have all sorts of shocks to my system, in a lot of ways I was ready for it.

[Helo-Tech 7]

Only took about two months start to finish, could have been sooner but the scheduler messed up and delayed it about three weeks.

[hopefuI 0]

Yeah to get use to what your going to have to do. That wouldn't be so bad