Arkansas Medicaid Approval Process, help?

[ASShue87 0]

I saw my PCP to get the ball rolling in hopes to be sleeved ASAP. I learned that Medicaid may require 6 months of dietician supervised dieting. I have so many questions. Like, if I lose weight during this, will it prevent me from getting the surgery? Is there a way to bypass this 6 month wait?

I tried calling Medicaid to ask questions but was told they couldn't answer that, told to call my Dr's billing office.

[kakatlady612 1,053]

Not if you don't have the money to private pay. Hey it's not so bad, that 6 months will give you time to develop new and better eating habits. You'll be learning a lot in the next few months, have different doctors to visit and might even have nutrition classes. to go to. Medicaid is my secondary, Medicare is my primary, I'm grateful to have insurance and really don't mind jumping through the few hoops they put in my way. Like everybody else I want my surgery and I do get impatient for it to be over. I will have a RnY early-mid March myself at Mount Carmel in Columbus Ohio. I'm 72, yeah a little old to be planning surgery, but I've got spunk, a desire to live a few more years and to live them thinner and healthier, tired of people trying to order me around, tell me that they're the only ones that know what's best for me. Its my life, it's my decision and I've gotten tired of others putting me down.Big Mamma has spoken.

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