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Hi. My paperwork was given in today for uhc insurance approval. anyone has any experience? how long does it take to get an answer from them?

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My UHC approval took 5 days.

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So after the 6 months, what is the approval process? I dont understand what they are assessing during that time if you cant gain/lose??

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just want to share that I got insurance approval. surgery set for Aug 19. cannot wait!!!

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Congratulations! Best of luck and keep us informed how it all goes!

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I am not sure exactly how long it took because my doctor's assistant handled it and I she wasn't honest with me on many issues. I would guess 1-2 weeks. The first time it was denied because the surgeon wasn't approved as a Center of Excellence surgeon. I told her on 2 different occasions during the 6 month diet that UHC/Optum Bariatric was telling me the surgeon wasn't on the approved list. Her response was 'that's not true, of course your surgeon is on the approved list'

Not having the surgeon approved delayed surgery another 2 months.

I could never figure out what impact my weight loss during the 6 mo diet had on getting approved. I started at 320 and 6 mos later I was only down to 290. Losing 30 pounds over 6 mos didn't seem like a successful diet to me. Did they want to see that I couldn't lose weight without surgery? If I lost more weight would I not have been approved? Would I have been approved if I didn't lose any weight? Who knows?

Perhaps the purpose of the 6 mo diet is more about education than results. Perhaps the purpose of the 6 mo diet is to weed out people that aren't serious and committed.

In hindsight, I thought about weight loss surgery everyday during the 6 mo diet. So I was more prepared mentally and emotionally for the challenges and changes that were to come.

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I have United Healthcare Gold Compass HSA 1600, paperwork was submitted Friday 7/29/16 goy my approval on Tuesday 8/2/16. It was way faster then I expected

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My insurance approval took about 2 weeks. Everything is done, now I am waiting till the 31st!

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