Psychological Evaluation in Maryland

[sher0929 17]

Hi ya'll! This is my very first post but I've been reading through the forums for a few weeks now. I am having trouble finding a provider to do my psych evaluation. I am having surgery with Dr. Alisa Coker at Johns Hopkins Bayview (and the experience has been wonderful thus far), but the psychologists they work with are scheduling into June or July of this year. I spoke with Dr. Coker's coordinator and she said that I am not limited to those providers specifically, I just needed to make sure it was a psychologist or psychiatrist who is able to perform bariatric surgery evaluations. All of my pre-reqs for insurance will be completed by the second week of March with the exception of the psych eval. I really don't want to have to wait 3 or 4 additional months, so I am trying to find somewhere else in MD or even southern PA who is able to provide these evaluations. Does anyone have recommendations for somewhere else I can go? I'm willing to take a long drive if I have to lol Any suggestions of providers/practices would be MUCH appreciated.

[SusieQ2019 567]

You can probably try a provider who is affiliated with the hospital, but check with your doctor first to make sure the provider is acceptable.

[justmetj 421]

I highly recommend BriatricPsychEvaluations.com. They were very friendly and will do a phone interview. The cost for the evaluation was $150 if your insurance doesn't cover it. This was who my Dr. recommended. I did the online questionnaire on a Wednesday and the phone interview two days later on Friday. Hope this helps.

Edited February 15, 2019 by justmetj

[PALOMABELLA 45]

Hi ya'll! This is my very first post but I've been reading through the forums for a few weeks now. I am having trouble finding a provider to do my psych evaluation. I am having surgery with Dr. Alisa Coker at Johns Hopkins Bayview (and the experience has been wonderful thus far), but the psychologists they work with are scheduling into June or July of this year. I spoke with Dr. Coker's coordinator and she said that I am not limited to those providers specifically, I just needed to make sure it was a psychologist or psychiatrist who is able to perform bariatric surgery evaluations. All of my pre-reqs for insurance will be completed by the second week of March with the exception of the psych eval. I really don't want to have to wait 3 or 4 additional months, so I am trying to find somewhere else in MD or even southern PA who is able to provide these evaluations. Does anyone have recommendations for somewhere else I can go? I'm willing to take a long drive if I have to lol Any suggestions of providers/practices would be MUCH appreciated.

I went to a real good psyh. Last week i called n my apointment was givin for two weeks. took me one hr to get there . and only 10 min with the psyh. I came out like, Whaatt?

He is located in Paramus nj and he comes highly recomended by my surgeon

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[PrairieChick 0]

Mine was 5 minutes. Easy peasy.

[sher0929 17]

Thank you everyone! I actually ended up finding a psychologist with a freak opening lol so I had my eval :)