Physician Letter?..Input Please.

[HalloweenBaby24 447]

I had the consultation appointment with my Bariatric surgeon today, Everything went well and I was given all the papers and order's to follow (Yay, No 6 month diet required by my insurance!) along with a surgery date of September 18th so long as my insurance approves.

I've seen that my insurance company want's my Physician to fill out a "Physician Letter" recording my weight dating back to 2009, Issue is I've only been with my Primary Care Dr for the past 2-3 Year's and have only gone to her when sick (Which isn't very often) and never for a weight related issue or weight loss. I have recorded weight from 2009 but it's through my OBGYN and I was pregnant at the time with my daughter, So I'm not sure if they will take that into consideration...Has anyone ever ran into this issue?

I'm not exactly sure where to go from here, So any insight would be helpful. Should get letter's from both my OB and Primary Dr just to be on the safe side, Or am I just completely over thinking this?

[HalloweenBaby24 447]

Also, Just so someone's not like "Just go get records from you're Old Primary Care Dr".

Before this current one, the last primary care Dr I had was 9 year's ago.

[pjpanda 129]

I ran into that issue. I didn't have insurance for the longest time so I didn't go to the dr unless I was really sick. Basically all they want is a record of your height and weight. 1 had 3 visits. 1 in 2010 from the gyn, 1 in 2013 also from the gyn, and one from 2014 from the consolation. For me, they decided to go ahead and submit for insurance approval as my bmi is 50 and has been since 2010. Insurance approved my surgery within a week.

As long as they have your height and weight on the paper, it doesn't matter why you saw the dr.

[HalloweenBaby24 447]

Ok, Thanks for the info.

I'm going to go ahead and get letter's from my Pcp and Gyno just to be on the safe side.

[Pelicanlady 122]

I have the same requirement from my insurance. They want 5 year history showing me being obese. My problem is as most obese people our weight is always up and down. Nine years ago I lost 100 lbs and have slowly put most of it back on over the last 5 years. So, i don't have a 5 year history. When I am obese I don't go to the doctor because I don't want to get on the scale. My insurance is UHC Choice Plus and I have been with them for at least 15 years. Maybe that will help. Good luck HalloweenBaby24.

[tynoodles11 26]

I had the consultation appointment with my Bariatric surgeon today, Everything went well and I was given all the papers and order's to follow (Yay, No 6 month diet required by my insurance!) along with a surgery date of September 18th so long as my insurance approves. I've seen that my insurance company want's my Physician to fill out a "Physician Letter" recording my weight dating back to 2009, Issue is I've only been with my Primary Care Dr for the past 2-3 Year's and have only gone to her when sick (Which isn't very often) and never for a weight related issue or weight loss. I have recorded weight from 2009 but it's through my OBGYN and I was pregnant at the time with my daughter, So I'm not sure if they will take that into consideration...Has anyone ever ran into this issue? I'm not exactly sure where to go from here, So any insight would be helpful. Should get letter's from both my OB and Primary Dr just to be on the safe side, Or am I just completely over thinking this?

Hi that's great news, who is you're insurance co?

[tynoodles11 26]

I had the consultation appointment with my Bariatric surgeon today, Everything went well and I was given all the papers and order's to follow (Yay, No 6 month diet required by my insurance!) along with a surgery date of September 18th so long as my insurance approves. I've seen that my insurance company want's my Physician to fill out a "Physician Letter" recording my weight dating back to 2009, Issue is I've only been with my Primary Care Dr for the past 2-3 Year's and have only gone to her when sick (Which isn't very often) and never for a weight related issue or weight loss. I have recorded weight from 2009 but it's through my OBGYN and I was pregnant at the time with my daughter, So I'm not sure if they will take that into consideration...Has anyone ever ran into this issue? I'm not exactly sure where to go from here, So any insight would be helpful. Should get letter's from both my OB and Primary Dr just to be on the safe side, Or am I just completely over thinking this?

Hi that's great news, who is you're insurance co?

Correction #your

[HalloweenBaby24 447]

I have BCBS of Massachusetts.

It's not that I never had insurance, It's just that I never went to the Dr's unless I was sick and through the past 5 years most of my Dr's appointments have been OB appointments (Had my daughter in 2009). So I have an appointment with my OB the 27th of this month, Who I've only been seeing for the past 3 year's but she has all my records from my old OB I had with my pregnancy with so I'm hoping to talk with her and see if she's willing to write me the letter of medical necessity.