How Long After Insurance Approval To Get A Date?

[ThinkThin78 25]

My surgeon's office submitted my paperwork (including 6 month supervised diet) to insurance and I received approval within a week... I got my approval letter, grabbed the calendar and called my surgeon's office to get scheduled... Not so fast... so anxious and excited to get scheduled but my surgeon is reviewing my chart, then I still have another NUT visit, pre-op visit and who knows what else... I need a date! My biggest fear is that we'll miss the 90 day window and I'll have to resubmit to insurance.

Any one else have a similar experience? How long from approval to getting a date to actually having surgery?

Also, my BMI is 55 so I have to have surgery in the hospital versus the surgical center which will require more lead time... Uggghh!

[sexyme 24]

I receive a date the same day I was approve. I think everyone is different

[mufasas-mom 170]

I got my approval on Friday and called the surgeon's office on Monday and got my date and my pre-op surgeon appointment. Wonder why you have another NUT visit - since you've done your 6 month time already. Maybe your NUT visit is to go over the pre/post op diet plans. Call them back and get the dates for those appointments and tell them that you have to schedule your date soon so that you can give you job enough notification and such.

I pressed mine yesterday - told them that HR and my boss was breathing down my neck for a date so we can schedule getting a temp and for me to get STD started and in order. Last time I went on STD for my knee surgery I didn't get a paycheck for 8 weeks.....had to close out my 401K for mortgage and such....so I filed STD yesterday.

Be persisitent...but kind - it always works.