Baraitric Surgery and Insurance

[megieg 7]

I mailed out my packet last week. I received an email yesterday stating they had received my forms and had to verify my insurance availability so it could take 4 to 6 weeks before I am able to make my first appointment. How long did everyone else have to wait to make their first appointment? How long did the whole process take until ur surgery date? Did you have trouble with getting your insurance approval?

[Stevehud 1,790]

took me 2 months to get my intitial appointment only because the surgeon is so busy then it took me three months almost to the day to get all my testing in, psych appointments etc.

[Keeper 218]

My first step in my whole process was to call and make an appointment. I met with a 'patient advocate' who told me basically what to expect (very condensed version) and that they would verify my insurance coverage. I made the pysch appt, the appt with the nutritionist, and had my blood work done. All that probably was done over a couple of weeks and the biggest lag was me getting around to doing my blood work. Oh, also I had to do a sleep test to see if I had apnea. From that point they told me it could take 4-6 weeks to get approved It was probably exactly 4 weeks and I met with the surgeon for a pre-op appt and surgery was scheduled about 10 (maybe??) days later. I would say my overall process was super fast and was about 2 months. I feel very lucky. I have already paid off the portion insurance didn't cover (Thanks Uncle Sam!) which was about 2k.

[Crosby 303]

My first appt. was an Orientation Session. It took maybe 3 weeks. It was a group session.

[Crosby 303]

Posted too soon. My whole process would have taken 7 months but was delayed because I needed an unrelated surgery. I would suggest contacting your insurance company directly and get requirements from them. Insurance requirements typically dictate the time frame and what you have to go. So any answers you get here will vary significantly.

[Bonawanabfree 280]

Mine took about 2 weeks. Seemed like 2 months...lol

[pasquina 19]

I had my initial info session last March, around the 15th. I saw the surgeon April 8th. I had jumped through all the hoops they required for surgery by the end of August.

Due to insurance snafus, I am finally having my surgery this Monday. So, it took me almost 11 months from start to finish.