Keeping my fingers crossed...

[Mommy07 0]

I just got a call from Jessica the dietician. I had called yesterday to ask if the Surgeon's office got my application and what I needed to do next, blah, blah, blah.

So, she said they got 15 applications the night of the seminar and Linda is the person in the Surgeon's office who will be calling with dates for the Dietician, Psychologist, and Lab work and she is on vacation this week. Dr. Carroll will look over the application to make sure I am qualified for the surgery. Jessica told me that she looked over my application after I called and thought it looked great and that I should be getting a call next week to start making appointments. After I get the call with the appointments I have to call my PCP and give her all the appointments dates that have been made. She will then contact my Insurance Company to see if it is covered, I have Harvard Pilgrim Health POS. If it is covered the insurance company will give her a code of some sort that she will give to Dr. Carroll's office. Then the journey begins! Oh, I can't wait until next week!!!!

[Florida Pete 1]

I will be sending my paperwork in tomorrow to the surgeons office. Just have to get my wife to help me tonight taking some measurements that the surgeon asked for on his forms. I have already called the insurance company and they were not very helpful in giving me much information. All they told me was they needed 3 codes and that the doctors office should be taking care of it. So I'll put in a prayer for you to get your approval quickly and congratulate you on making this decision to moving forward with this.

[Mommy07 0]

Thank you very much. I will do the same for you!

[dwrd73 0]

I called my insurance company at least four times until I finally found someone who was knowledgeable enough to show me where on their website I could find the information I was looking for. Basically, do they cover the procedure and at what BMI with how many comorbidities. My insurance also defined what they would consider a comorbidity.