Please help me

[Kates706 0]

Hello, I am from Gainesville, Texas. I currently have United Healthcare Community Plan Medicaid and I am trying to locate a doctor that will accept my insurance. I am 53 years old. I am disabled. I am Morbidly obese. I have Degenerative bone disease, I was newly diagnosed with Diabetes, I have seizure disorder. I need this surgery to save my life. I am willing to go to Gainesville, Sherman, Dennison, Lewisville, Colleyville, Dallas, Fort Worth, Denton and even Witchita Falls. I have called UHC Medicaid and the found me two all the way in Houston. That is over 6 hours away. Please help me.

[magicalwoman 190]

Hello, I am from Gainesville, Texas. I currently have United Healthcare Community Plan Medicaid and I am trying to locate a doctor that will accept my insurance. I am 53 years old. I am disabled. I am Morbidly obese. I have Degenerative bone disease, I was newly diagnosed with Diabetes, I have seizure disorder. I need this surgery to save my life. I am willing to go to Gainesville, Sherman, Dennison, Lewisville, Colleyville, Dallas, Fort Worth, Denton and even Witchita Falls. I have called UHC Medicaid and the found me two all the way in Houston. That is over 6 hours away. Please help me.

Hi Kates706, I would say check with your local weight loss centers. I first attended an information session they offered and they had excellent advice. From there I contacted my health insurance and I had to apply for the surgery. Then I was assigned a case manager who connected with me every month as I had to do 6 months supervised weight loss management.

So each month I would meet with my primary doctor and go over what I had done for the month, and my plan for the next month. He signed off on things and sent it to my insurance case manager. At the end of the six months I had to weigh less than at the beginning, or stay the same. I just could not gain any weight.

Once I passed this, then the insurance determined if I was eligible. I received my approval letter in July of 2015 and will have my surgery on September 9th.

The weight loss center where I will have my surgery gave me a wealth of good information. After all they deal with this every day, they deal with all kinds of payment options, insurances and situations. Let someone there help you because there are so many twists and turns along the way.

Best of luck and keep us posted. We care.

[imsoglad56 402]

Try calling Dallas Bariatric Center. Their number is 972-331-1111. I don't know for sure if they will take your insurance, but I had very good experiences with them. Dr. Jayaseelan is excellent and I highly recommend him to anyone in the area. I live in Wichita Falls but my husband and I both made the drive to have our surgeries with him.

Edited September 2, 2015 by imsoglad56