snoozy65

What about starting a clothing exchange at the facility where you had the surgery?

Medi-cal wants a percentage of your body weight lost as opposed tot he 6 month supervised diet. Blue Cross requires a 6 month supervised diet with no minimum weight loss required (at least medi-cal in ventura county worked that way). Regardless, any program wants to see some type of effort on the clients part. Medi-cal WILL cover the surgery if it is medically necessary, but you have to follow the procedures / protocol for the authorization.

A lot of these questions are contingent on the program thru the hospital. As long as the surgery is medically necessary and you go thru their pre op program and released for surgery by their people you should be good. I know Blue Cross in general requires a 6 month supervised diet (I have blue cross). This means monthly visits to the surgeon, nurse practitioner, dietitian at the facility. Once thru their program, they will put in for the authorization for surgery. As long as you follow the guidlines you should be good.