Insurance

[NICNIC3 1]

Does anyone have avmed?

[NICNIC3 1]

Does anyone have avmed?

[Ms_Dee 4]

I have Avmed insurance. My first appointment with the surgeon is today but his office said they have worked with Avmed many times and it is one of the easier insurance plans to deal with.

[NICNIC3 1]

On yeah? Wow I REALLY do hope so. Do U have high, low, or ppo? I have hight option *** I live in Miami? Where do u live at?

[Ms_Dee 4]

I live in Miami too! I am seeing Dr. Rabaza. I'm not sure if it's High or Low but I know it's not the PPO.

[NICNIC3 1]

He works with dr fleites in south Miami? I have an appointment next week too.

[NICNIC3 1]

I'm glad for u let me know how your appointment went ok. Good luck.

[Ms_Dee 4]

Yes - South Miami Hospital. I had to wait a month for this appointment and I am very excited! I'm hoping to get a lot of questions answered and find out how long the approval process will be. They did tell me that Avmed requires each person to have 4 months of consecutive dieting under a doctors supervision in the last 2 years to cover any kind of Bariatric surgery. I was on a diet with my doctor last year but I'm not sure if it was 4 months consecutively. I have already requested my records, so I guess I will find out - FINGERS CROSSED! If I get any other information you can use, I will pass it on.

[NICNIC3 1]

Ok id appreciate that. Good luck today when u go hope everything goes in your favor.

[NICNIC3 1]

Yes - South Miami Hospital. I had to wait a month for this appointment and I am very excited! I'm hoping to get a lot of questions answered and find out how long the approval process will be. They did tell me that Avmed requires each person to have 4 months of consecutive dieting under a doctors supervision in the last 2 years to cover any kind of Bariatric surgery. I was on a diet with my doctor last year but I'm not sure if it was 4 months consecutively. I have already requested my records' date=' so I guess I will find out - FINGERS CROSSED! If I get any other information you can use, I will pass it on.[/quote']

[NICNIC3 1]

Ms dee how did your appointment go!

[Ms_Dee 4]

I got busy with work and out of town guest so I haven't had a chance to get on this site recently... I had my appointment on Tuesday and I really didn't get any new information. We went over some of the things that I learned in the first seminar and on this site. Avmed requires a diet with your doctors supervision for 4 consecutive months within the last 2 years, an appointment with a nutritionist, a psych evaluation and a letter from your primary care doctor. I'm still waiting for my records from the weight loss clinic I was going to last year to come in and hopefully that will take care of the diet requirements. After I complete the other appointments then the process should be very quick - within a month I should be getting a date for the surgery. The only thing I forgot to ask was how much the insurance would cover and how much out of pocket the surgery would be for me. I am planning on calling the office this afternoon.