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Hi,

I have Anthem BCBS (Ohio). What is the timeline for approval? I read somewhere that they have 10 days to make a decision, but my doctors office is telling me 3-4 weeks. I've been waiting about 5 days and the anticipation is killing me!

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I'm in the same boat, doctors office said it could take up to 30 days and they submitted last Friday. The anticipation definitely is at an all time high right now!


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Have you gotten your approval?

I'm waiting as well! Just finished up my 6 month supervised on Thursday. Paperwork was submitted today. I've spoken with the BCBS nurse prior to submitting and went through her checklist. With any luck I'll have some good news in a few days. Thankfully, the surgeons office has already scheduled a date for me.

I think they tell us 30 days as a maximum, that way we don't keep harassing them asking if its been approved!

Good luck!

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My approval took three weeks.

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My approval happened all within 5 days from submission. I had to get involved though and contact customer service myself. They were extremely helpful. My doctor's office misunderstood the request for more information. They thought I needed to wait six months and have multiple weigh ins, etc. etc. etc. They also thought I needed to have it done at a center of excellence, which would have been two hours away. However, I did not.

I have Anthem BC through work. Once my doctor's office submitted it they got a response within a few days. When the confusion came about I immediately called Anthem and they connected me with the dept that authorizes everything. Straightened everything out and they issued the approval within the hour and confirmed I did not need a center of excellence and was able to go to my local hospital. I only needed to show the 15 minute face time meeting with a "therapist" and a one time meeting with a nutritionist. So from the first doctor's appt all of this took only a couple weeks.

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Hi,
I have Anthem BCBS (Ohio). What is the timeline for approval? I read somewhere that they have 10 days to make a decision, but my doctors office is telling me 3-4 weeks. I've been waiting about 5 days and the anticipation is killing me


BCBS of GA took 5 days and within 8 days had my surgery scheduled and start my liquid diet tomorrow!



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Hi,
I have Anthem BCBS (Ohio). What is the timeline for approval? I read somewhere that they have 10 days to make a decision, but my doctors office is telling me 3-4 weeks. I've been waiting about 5 days and the anticipation is killing me!



Hi, I have Anthem BCBS and I'm in Ohio as well. My approval was done within 24hrs. I think it depends on how backed up they are. Were are you having your surgery at?

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I have anthem bcbs of ca mine took 5 days my surgeon didn't call to tell me I was approved I called the insurance company and asked them on the 8 day of waiting . she said you were approved 3 days ago I was mad no one called me but excited I was approved

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On 10/29/2017 at 3:00 PM, Tony22 said:

My approval happened all within 5 days from submission. I had to get involved though and contact customer service myself. They were extremely helpful. My doctor's office misunderstood the request for more information. They thought I needed to wait six months and have multiple weigh ins, etc. etc. etc. They also thought I needed to have it done at a center of excellence, which would have been two hours away. However, I did not.

I have Anthem BC through work. Once my doctor's office submitted it they got a response within a few days. When the confusion came about I immediately called Anthem and they connected me with the dept that authorizes everything. Straightened everything out and they issued the approval within the hour and confirmed I did not need a center of excellence and was able to go to my local hospital. I only needed to show the 15 minute face time meeting with a "therapist" and a one time meeting with a nutritionist. So from the first doctor's appt all of this took only a couple weeks.

Tell me about your therapist? Did you find someone online that did it for you that was good enough to pass the requirements?

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