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Good day sleevers! I've been awaiting approval for over a week now. Has anyone ever experienced this long of a wait? For some reason my paperwork ended up in the wrong hands and now they have resubmitted my paperwork. .I'm becoming worried as I see all these pre ops getting approved in 1 day. Sighhhhh. .. I'm starting to lose my mo jo......

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Are you waiting to hear from your doctor or have you called insurance? I have Anthem BC/BS in Ohio. My paperwork was submitted by my surgeon's office on 9/24 around 6pm. I gave it a day then called my insurance to see if they had it on 9/26. ( I had been told it would be sent 9/25) Well they said they received it AND it was approved 9/25! My surgeon's office didn't call me until 9/27 to say I was approved, but I already knew it. LOL I was worried it would drag out, but was blessed it did not. In fact I was told I had the quickest response that the girl at my surgeon's office had ever seen! So chin up and good luck. It may already be a done deal!! (Fingers crossed)

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Thanks and I hope so. I called my insurance company yesterday and the rep I spoke to informed me that it was pending and they were awaiting a call from my surgeons office? So.. I called my surgeons office and said ughhhh...bcbs is awaiting your call and haven't heard anything yet?

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I have BCBS IL, and It ranges between 24 hours up to 4 weeks. It depends on your insurance case worker.

Plus it depends if your surgeon office has sent all the needed information in your package request.

I was sleeved on August 26th this year and it took me 2 weeks to receive my approval.

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Approval took about 3 weeks and I was losing my mind but got the call on Oct 10th. So excited!

New me on the way

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