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So, I got married back in April and never got my name changed with insurance, or most of my drs as I had already completed my appointments for surgery. Do I need to call those Drs and get my name changed on records before everything gets sent to insurance? I already submitted an update to insurance through my dad's employer, but just need a little advice on what to do with all of my Drs offices!

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where I work (eye doctor) you have to come in with your new drivers license or some other state ID and then they will change your name on your records. each office may have their own rules though.

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I called my pcp to get my name changed and be sure the Doc that comes in signed my weight loss study records so I could send off to insurance, turns out their internet was down the only day he came in the past two weeks, so I have to wait 2 more weeks for him to sign anything! I'm starting to get really ancy bc I need to be approved before the end of September, otherwise I'll have to start doing appointments over again. ???????? Working with all of these doctors has been a nightmare. Not to mention my surgeons office didn't answer the phone today, they never answer the damn phone.... I'm starting to get really discouraged.... I've been working for a year to have surgery and it just keeps getting pushed back further and further away.

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Congrats on the wedding first of all :D

Not sure (didn't see if you mentioned it) if you've changed your name legally yet. If not, you might consider waiting until some of the paperwork phase is over just to keep things streamlined. You know insurance companies and medical offices....if they do end up making a mistake or losing paperwork because of the change, it may take a while for them to find it or they may even have you retake some tests/courses (hopefully not).

If you have already changed your name then I would just pay extra close attention to everything and make sure nothing "falls through the cracks".

Best of luck and congrats again on the wedding!

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Thanks :D I've already completed the legal name change, did that a few days after the wedding.

I'm just hoping that u can get my surgery before I have to pay my 3rd deductible some starting this journey. It's so annoying that I'm a whole month behind on getting things going to insurance bc of my pcp's office. I just don't want to have to shell out more money again bc of something I had no control over

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