Insurance

[nopleazn 0]

:thumbup: Does anyone here have United Health Care insurance? If so could you tell me if you had a hard time with getting the approval for the Lap-Band surgery?

[deanstax 0]

Yes, I have United Healthcare PPO. I had my first Lapband seminar at the end of August 2008. My surgeon said he wanted everything done first, before he would even submit it to UHC. I have diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and a bmi of 41. I went through 5 months of nutritional counseling with Diabetes of America and submitted 5 yrs of medical records showing being overweight. My surgeons office accidentally sent it in to UHC on Dec. 8th, 2008 without finishing my 6 month diet education or my psyc exam. They approved it, within a couple of days even with out those!! I just had my surgery yesterday morning. The insurance process was super smooth for me.:thumbup:

[MistyD65 1]

I also have UCH and was approved very quickly too, within about 2 weeks of my first appointment with my doctor. I was pleasantly surprised!

[kamala 0]

Have UHC as my secondary insurance and had no problem getting approval once they had the denial letter from my primary insurance, which excludes WLS from coverage. (That's a fun phone call to make to an insurance co: "could you please send my rejection quicker?")

UHC only required a five-year weight history since I have a BMI over 40 and have been above 40 for five years.