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Hello. I was wondering if anyone has dealt with BC/BS of California? Were they pretty generous with coverage? Do they make do a 3 or 6 mo. supervised diet? :help:

Thanks

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I'm not in Cali but I do have BC/BS of Georgia. I got approved after completing all of the dr appts. The entire process from the time the form was submitted to them by my dr was 1 month.

Rumar

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I am in Texas but have BCBS of CA and they have been great. I was approved within a couple of weeks of my initial consult and psych eval. No period of supervised dieting required. Everyone's policy is different though. I hope you'll have the same results I've had.

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Thanks guys for all the info. I live in AZ but have BC/BS of California. I hope your right Becky and everything goes speedy. :D

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BCCA here and I live in Nevada. I have to be careful becasue my policy says I have to go to certain center in CA, but since I do not live there, I can go to approved facility here. I am just starting, but was told yesterday there is no supervised weight loss program that is a prerequeisite, just that I have done them in the past. :car:

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<p>I have Blue Cross CA - had no problems what so ever - got approved after the meeting with the shrink - - no medical supervised diet either</p> <p>My doct just noted all the things i had done in the past - ww - jenny craig - diet pill doc etc...</p> <p>Good Luck</p>

P.S. they did require that you go to a center of excellence (sp) I was lucky that the local hospital was

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I got approved in 1 day!!!!!:faint::confused: My doc's submitted Thurs. and they called me on Fri. to say I had been approved. I love you BCBS of California!:kiss2:

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I got approved in 1 day!!!!!:faint::confused: My doc's submitted Thurs. and they called me on Fri. to say I had been approved. I love you BCBS of California!:kiss2:

Congrats !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Wow that makes me feel a little better knowing all this... I have my consult tomorrow and have been so nervous about the approval process... Yikes!!!

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Wow that makes me feel a little better knowing all this... I have my consult tomorrow and have been so nervous about the approval process... Yikes!!!

Met w/surgeon 5/31 - had 1 million pre-op test had approval by 6/21 - I think my shrink visit was 6/14 - The doc's office did it all would have had surgery 7/10 but still had some test to do - so 7/17 was my band date.

Good Luck...

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I'm taking this all in because I'm california blue shield and my internist just asked for the referral for me to the bariatric center at our local hospital. My question is how long did you (and anyone else who cares to answer) have to wait between approval and date for banding?

Gwenn

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I'm taking this all in because I'm california blue shield and my internist just asked for the referral for me to the bariatric center at our local hospital. My question is how long did you (and anyone else who cares to answer) have to wait between approval and date for banding?

Gwenn

Gwenn read my post above yours

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