Submitted today to BCBS NJ

[wablue31 29]

I have BCBS of GA and was approved pretty quickly as well!

Good luck

Hello! Did you have BCBS PPO of GA?Did you have to do the 6 months supervised visits first?Thanks

[familyof6 1]

BCBS NJ here and was approved in 4 days. Was 5' 4" and 229 lbs. No 6-week pre-op diet or supervised visits, no mandates from insurance as far as I know.

Was approved Dec. 9th and sleeved Dec. 19th.

Edited May 11, 2014 by familyof6

[sleeve30 33]

BCBS NJ here and was approved in 4 days. Was 5' 4" and 229 lbs. No 6-week pre-op diet or supervised visits, no mandates from insurance as far as I know. Was approved Dec. 9th and sleeved Dec. 19th.

Awesome... How are you doing with tour sleeve?

I really hope I get a decision this week!!!! I will keep you all posted.

[LaJodster 20]

Hey Sleeve30!

Good news! They put me in the 5/20 class at Dr Abkin's too! Make sure you say hi to me when you see me "in the flesh"! I finished all my tests yesterday and I'm ready to be submitted to insurance! Did you get your answer yet??

[sleeve30 33]

Hey Sleeve30! Good news! They put me in the 5/20 class at Dr Abkin's too! Make sure you say hi to me when you see me "in the flesh"! I finished all my tests yesterday and I'm ready to be submitted to insurance! Did you get your answer yet??

Hey great!! I'm happy for you. See u then.... No, no answer yet!!

[sleeve30 33]

No response yet!!! It's been a week!!!!

[LaJodster 20]

My paperwork was all submitted to BCBS yesterday! I'm now waiting right with you!!

[sleeve30 33]

This waiting is torture!!!

[LaJodster 20]

So I got a call from BCBS today and apparently my doctors office is a center is excellence which is what the insurance company had said they needed to be but now the insurance company says they made a mistake and the center bust be a " blue choice" center, which my doctor is not.

So I have jumped thru all these hoops for nothing!

Now I have to find a blue choice center ASAP if I want to still get my surgery.

I'm so depressed. I feel like this was all for nothing & now I have no help in sight....

[sleeve30 33]

How is that possible? What plan you have? So sorry to hear that! did you call doctor's office?

[sleeve30 33]

So it will happen the same to me as I have BCBS too... Well is there problem if they didn't update the info? Do you have a copy of your policy?

[LaJodster 20]

The doctors office says the ins co gave them the wrong info to start with. I have BCBS PPO. The doctors office says this is a stipulation my employer put on the health care plan we have.

I'm so screwed!!

[sleeve30 33]

Omg!!! I can't believe it! .... Ok now what you need to do is find a blue choice doctor?

I haven't heard from insurance at all!!! I'm so scared!!!

[LaJodster 20]

I left 2 messages with the insurance company so I have to wait to hear from them. I guess I won't need to go to that class tomorrow!

[sleeve30 33]

I hate insurance companies