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I need to find a primary care physician to write a medical necessity letter who has written them before. I moved to the Denver area and do not have one. I have a couple of co-morbidites, and am in the pre-op stage. I am at the 4 month wait period and need to get the letter ready to submit to insurance. How do I narrow the search down to find a primary care physician who does not have a problem with Bariatric surgery who will write the letter?

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Call the bariatric surgeon's insurance intake person and ask which pcp i your insurance group does the most referrals.

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Thank you!

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I would deff check with your surgeons office to see who they have worked with in the past

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On 3/19/2018 at 9:20 PM, Sosewsue61 said:

Call the bariatric surgeon's insurance intake person and ask which pcp i your insurance group does the most referrals.

Definitely a great idea! My Bariatric surgeon, gyno and pcp are in same hospital network. My gyno referred me and my primary has been very supportive. He’s even excited for me! He’s hoping to learn from my experience because he has other patients he thinks the Bariatric clinic could really help.

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Thanks so much! I took everone’s advice and contacted a primary care physician within the same network as my surgeon which was recommended. So many hoops to jump through when ai just want to feel better.

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I need to find a primary care physician to write a medical necessity letter who has written them before. I moved to the Denver area and do not have one. I have a couple of co-morbidites, and am in the pre-op stage. I am at the 4 month wait period and need to get the letter ready to submit to insurance. How do I narrow the search down to find a primary care physician who does not have a problem with Bariatric surgery who will write the letter?

My surgeons office told me the cardiologist who does the testing prior to surgery would fill out my medical necessity form because my primary left the practice. I’m counting on that! My appointment is
coming up.

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