How long did your insurance take to approve ?!

[jinxxy5 151]

My paperwork was just submitted to Aetna on Friday...praying to have an answer sometime before mid-week!

[Lady Denham 4]

Who has or know anyone that has GEHA insurance??

[Jerzygurl 372]

Who has or know anyone that has GEHA insurance??

I think they require a 6 month supervised diet before approval. But I would call them and check. They might have changed their policy much like BCBS who also had the same diet stipulation, but has since cut it down to 3 consecutive months of doctor's visits period.

[Lady Denham 4]

I think they require a 6 month supervised diet before approval. But I would call them and check. They might have changed their policy much like BCBS who also had the same diet stipulation' date=' but has since cut it down to 3 consecutive months of doctor's visits period.[/quote']

I called today and they said 6 mos proof of doctor supervised weight loss program. I'm going to start weight watchers this week and start counting down, psych eval is Monday so my 6 mos proof will be all I need.

[Gabriella28 2]

I have Anthem Blue Cross and I was approved within 24 hours.

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[yups541 12]

Good morning anyone have Cigna? Our plan admin said its not covered. He said he asked for an exception but Cigna wouldn't. Has anyone been thru that & still yet got approved?

[Jerzygurl 372]

I called today and they said 6 mos proof of doctor supervised weight loss program. I'm going to start weight watchers this week and start counting down, psych eval is Monday so my 6 mos proof will be all I need.

You need to check with them to make sure Weight Watchers is acceptable. Some insurance companies really want you to seed a doctor like your PCP or a NUT for it to be considered 6 months...in addition, make sure it's 6 consecutive months too...if you break...you have to start all over. I did read a few post from people that were heart broken because their insurance companies would not accept WW as a valid "supervised" plan to approve surgery. Make sure you don't get caught off guard...check, double check and triple check if necessary.

Good luck.

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[Jerzygurl 372]

Good morning anyone have Cigna? Our plan admin said its not covered. He said he asked for an exception but Cigna wouldn't. Has anyone been thru that & still yet got approved?

Cigna has paid for WLS, the gentleman that joined with me, has it and he's been approved. But if your employer has a "bariatric exclusion" clause in its policy.not much you can do, but go self-pay or finance.

[LittleLou 31]

I have CIGNA, and even though I haven't been approved yet, I know they cover the surgery. It depends on the package/exclusions that your employer chose.

[yups541 12]

thank you sooo much, you're correct my employer explicitly made sure none of it would be covered :// oh well God will provide thank you all so much.

[J.Diesel 220]

I have BCBS IL and it took roughly 2 weeks for my approval. My Surgeon office took care off everything regarding the insurance approval. The Kane Center is Awesome fir those located near Chicago-Burbs!!

[lindsaygotsleeved 9]

I have Anthem BCBS and the insurance approval took just over 48 hours. I completed all the testing requirements on Friday, August 23 at 4:30 pm.The surgeon's office submitted my claim on Monday, August 25 at 9 am and Wednesday, August 27 at 5pm I received my confirmation that I was APPROVED. I was really impressed with my insurance company. They have even assigned me a case management nurse that is familiar with bariatric surgery to coach me through recovery.