No Surgery Date and Anxious

[Confused Jill 0]

My insurance company is making me wait 6 months to 2 years before they will approve my surgery. If I have the surgery before it's approved then I will have to pay a penalty. The earliest I'm looking to get the surgery is the end of December.

I'm wondering if there is anything I can do now so that when I am post op it will be an easier transition?

Thanks

[Lady Rock 25]

@@Confused Jill, Hi Jill why would they make you wait a year (that's not cool), my insurance company did make me go through 6 months dietary, but the 6 months literally flew by, they also had some other requirements such as losing 5% of my weight, psych evaluation, endoscopy, and a 5 yr history of trying to lose weight. I have never heard of a year, what insurance company are you with, I would go to their website and see what the requirements are for a bariatric procedure.

[Confused Jill 0]

^{I have to go through all that as well but the insurance company has a private company that makes the decision for them. I have to have monthly calls with a nurse and a NUT and when they feel I'm ready they will approve me. It's ridiculous because I don't know and they wont tell me if the 6 months to 2 years starts when I made my first call which was in May or the first call they made to my which was in June. I wish they would make a decision so I can get off this mental roller coaster wondering if I'm making the correct choice.}