Medicaid (Colorado) -- is approval hard?

[Skywalker 170]

I have been told the exact guidelines for meeting the sleeve requirements (monthly Dr. visits for 6 months, psych eval, nutritional consult, BMI, etc.), and was wondering if anyone knew if getting approval through Medicaid was either lengthy or hard/denied often?

[Akafij 21]

I'm working on revision surgery via Medicaid with the same surgeon. I know that they require the 6 month supervised weight loss for initial surgery. I don't have to do that for my revision, and once I get my pre-op things done, they told me around 7 days for Medicaid approval, which is very quick!

Dr. Snyder has a great team and it has been my experience that his coordinators are knowledgable and will tell you pretty straight up how much of a battle you will have with your insurance. Have you talked with them yet?

Good Luck!!

[Skywalker 170]

Yep, I've talked with them (Victoria) and they seem on the ball and informative. I think I made a great choice with them. They told me that for both Medicaid and the Veterans Administration, approval was doable (although I'm going to politely disagree about the VA; approval with them on almost anything is impossible)

[Akafij 21]

Just FYI. The doc submitted to Medicaid last Friday and had approval by Tuesday. Im scheduled for Tuesday at 9am.

[Dhall 0]

I looked on Dr. Snyder's website and it said they don't take Medicaid as a primary insurance. Did you all have Medicaid as your primary?