Blue shield of CA

[hudjess 95]

I have been to 2 weight loss clinics and decided on 1. They were horrible and I finished all of my requirements but I just couldn't deal with the way myself and others were treated so I switched to a different place and I love it. My problem is that the new place I am going through is stating that my insurance requires medically supervised diet which I thought I went to with a registered dietitian at the old place and even some with my pcp. I'm going crazy over this because I have all my other requirements completed. When I spoke with blue shield they have told me that it could be with a registered dietitian and it will still count. I've asked them to submit to insurance anyways after we get everything. But she's pretty adamant I will get denied. Has anyone been through this? And is medically supervised diet with a registered dietitian, pcp, or registered nurse?

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[Butterflywarrior 241]

Hmmm, I have blue shield ppo here in California and I had to go through six months of mtgs with dietitian kinda thing and also write down all if my previous weight loss attempts but not really in actual medically super vised diet I was approved with out loosing any real weight. Sorry this is so late hope ur still around here...new to the boards and first time checking out this area

[PorkChopExpress 821]

I went through a six month program with Facey Medical Group, which was the "supervised diet" portion of the requirement. They notified Blue Shield when I completed it. I stayed in their program and went to their surgeon, Dr. Quilici in Burbank. So all of my steps were basically handled via Facey's program.

[hudjess 95]

Thank you both, I got it figured out with my insurance because the new place I went to said that it had to be with my PCP or nurse practitioner. But Blue Shield sent them 2 things clarifying that I could use a registered dietitian. (:

[Butterflywarrior 241]

@@hudjess yay