Submitting more info?

[Ginger Belle 54]

First off Happy 4th of July to each and everyone of you. May today be filled with blessings and tons of love with family and friends. Now to my question. I was scheduled to have surgery on July 11th but when my insurance viewed my clinicals said I was missing one appointment with my nutritionist and an end of program appointment. I completed the program officially now on June 30th and my end of program appointment is July 6th. My question is will the insurance company just accept the rest of the paperwork and add it to the already pending case or will the process be started over?? Has anyone had this issue where something was missing the first time around and had to submit more information? Any information would be gladly appreciated. Thanks

[James Marusek 5,244]

I don't know the answer to your question. But I suspect your insurance company has a file established and they are waiting for the last bit of compliance forms in order to generate an approval letter. I do not think it will start over unless the process drags on for over a year.

Dealing with insurance companies was the most painful part of the process. Even when I got the acceptance letter, I was informed that I needed another approval. This one defined how many days stay in the hospital I would be approved for. I contacted my bariatric surgery team and they seemed to indicate this was more of a formality. After all how can you predict how many days you will be in the hospital if you run into a complication.