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By Jendkopp, August 3, 2018 in Insurance & Financing

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Posted August 3, 2018

Just wondering how long, in your experience, it took Aetna to decide whether to approve a band removal and conversion to a sleeve after the doctor submitted the request for authorization. I just found out that my insurance will be changing on Jan 1st and my doctor does the removal and conversion to sleeve in two separate surgeries.

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Posted August 3, 2018

I don't know about band removal etc, but I have aetna and anytime i needed approval for any procedure I was told they had 14 days.

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Posted August 4, 2018

I had a band to SIPS revision with Aetna. The time from submission to approval was super fast, I think like 2 or 3 days. I can’t exactly remember but I do recall it being so fast that I had to question if they really said approved.

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Posted August 15, 2018

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Posted August 16, 2018

At the very least you know" Aetna" didn't" forget ya!" 24 hours is a very short time for a decision and I think you were very lucky.

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