Waiting on Approval

[islandgal65 36]

Good luck all, I got my approval in 3 days!

[jdillon 355]

How exciting for all of you! Can't wait for my day too! We are all going to do this and do it great! I am much further behind you all. Probably July for me. Good luck!

[beeteroo 166]

<p>Good luck all, I got my approval in 3 days!</p>

Wow 3 days! congrats! My office said 10-15 business days......could be a long wait!

[DaddyMarie 291]

I got my approval the next day!

[MKG 3]

I received a call today from my surgeons office that my insurance approved my surgery! Way to go BCBS MN. Was exactly 3 weeks to the day since I had my appointment with my surgeon. So excited to be moving forward. My surgery date is April 16 th!

[butterfly2014 128]

Congrats on your approval! My paperwork was submitted to insurance on 4/2, so my insurance will be getting a call from me starting on Tuesday lol

Best of luck on your WLS journey!!!

Edited April 5, 2014 by butterfly2014

[butterfly2014 128]

I received a call today from my surgeons office that my insurance approved my surgery! Way to go BCBS MN. Was exactly 3 weeks to the day since I had my appointment with my surgeon. So excited to be moving forward. My surgery date is April 16 th!

My surg date is also 4/16, waiting for insurance approval.

Best of luck to u MKG!

[NCmomof3 0]

Hope everyone has been approved! My paperwork was submitted yesterday. I'm so ready to do this!

[jessr0se 1]

hey everyone! I just posted a new topic asking what steps to take for approval. In two days I will have completed my required 90 day documented diet and my weight loss coordinator said "we'll go from there". I am a planner and I need to know what comes next. I know I have to have a psych eval and a letter from my pcp...but what else? And how long after the approval date was your surgery date?

[jdillon 355]

My insurance required. Psychologist and psychiatric analysis, stress test, blood work, ultrasound, upper gi, sleep study, nutritionist consult, chest x-ray, and to attend a seminar going over the options available for surgery. I have the nutritionist left and chest x-Ray. July is my month for surgery, should be anyways. Still awaiting results from sleep study and blood work. But discovered I need gallbladder surgery. That is Friday!

[CurvyCakes 269]

<p>hey everyone! I just posted a new topic asking what steps to take for approval. In two days I will have completed my required 90 day documented diet and my weight loss coordinator said "we'll go from there". I am a planner and I <strong>need</strong> to know what comes next. I know I have to have a psych eval and a letter from my pcp...but what else? And how long after the approval date was your surgery date?</p>

What's required vary depending on ur insurance company. I have UHC and they required a 6 month supervised diet in the Healthy Weight program, BMI of 40 or 35 with co-morbidities, psych eval, recommendation letter from PCP, weight documented at physician office in the beginning and at the end. I was approved in 3 days once my surgeon office submitted my info and my surgery date was already scheduled before I actually got approved.

[CurvyCakes 269]

<p>hey everyone! I just posted a new topic asking what steps to take for approval. In two days I will have completed my required 90 day documented diet and my weight loss coordinator said "we'll go from there". I am a planner and I <strong>need</strong> to know what comes next. I know I have to have a psych eval and a letter from my pcp...but what else? And how long after the approval date was your surgery date?</p>

Also my surgeon office is scheduling a month out some surgeons offices don't have such a wait once ur approved.

[DaddyMarie 291]

I have Blue Shield of California through CALPers and they required 6 months of weigh ins, full blood panel, psych eval, EKG, Endoscopy, Chest X-ray, Pap smear, seminar, nutrition class, support group, consultation, and after all that was done they submitted my paperwork to insurance and I was approved the next day. I have one more blood panel todo before surgery, 2 week preop diet and my date is 5/7 at 6:30 am

[Allbeauty 14]

I have BCBS and it took 7 days for my approval. I actually just received my approval 1 hr ago. My surgery date is May 6 but was suppose to be April 29.