Question on changing surgeons

[Tomo 1,196]

I finished most of my pre-op: Psych Eval, Upper GI (Barium swallow) and EGD. I have Cardiac clearance next and dietician. Has anyone changed surgeons after pre-op, and did you have to re-do all the pre-op again? Thanks.

[STLoser 1,099]

I did change surgeons because my original one was fired because they let a bunch of people go because of COVID.. At that point I was finished with all my testing except preop labs and ekg.. I ended up going to a surgeon at a completely different Healthcare system, and he accepted all the testing I had already done.
Now I was self pay, so I don't know if insurance would give you any trouble if you switch.

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[catwoman7 11,223]

I would think most insurance companies would accept it. They might even be happy about it since they won't have to pay for it. Plus it's in your records that you had it, so..

I did my six-month professionally-supervised diet under a different insurance company, and my new company accepted it.

you can always call them and ask..

[Tomo 1,196]

On 5/17/2021 at 7:00 PM, STLoser said:

I did change surgeons because my original one was fired because they let a bunch of people go because of COVID.. At that point I was finished with all my testing except preop labs and ekg.. I ended up going to a surgeon at a completely different Healthcare system, and he accepted all the testing I had already done.
Now I was self pay, so I don't know if insurance would give you any trouble if you switch.

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Thank you so much for your input!

[Tomo 1,196]

On 5/18/2021 at 7:24 AM, catwoman7 said:

I would think most insurance companies would accept it. They might even be happy about it since they won't have to pay for it. Plus it's in your records that you had it, so..

I did my six-month professionally-supervised diet under a different insurance company, and my new company accepted it.

you can always call them and ask..

Thank you so much for your input!

[lizonaplane 1,613]

I am looking into changing surgeons because I'm having a hard time getting the first people to call me back. I've already seen the psychologist twice, the nutritionist multiple times, and the surgeon twice. The second surgery center said I'd have to see their psychologist and nutritionist but I wouldn't have to do the 4 months of insurance nutrition classes over again. I would also have to have an EGD, which the first surgeon didn't require.