FatGhoul

I just need to vent. Insurance approved my surgery but I have BCBSTX, so there's a separate approval for surgery and for the actual inpatient hospital stay. They have been saying the inpatient approval is pending for over a week now. My surgeons office is hounding them too. Why approve the surgery so quickly but then waffle on the hospital stay needed for it? Argh! I just wanna get my official surgery date already. Sent from my SM-G930T using BariatricPal mobile app

That's crazy! Hope you have better luck getting approved for the bypass. Sent from my SM-G930T using BariatricPal mobile app

I think I am about to call too. It's been a week now and I haven't heard a peep. It's not even showing on the prior authorization tab on my account. Sent from my SM-G930T using BariatricPal mobile app

I know, I'm so anxious too. My pre-auth isn't showing yet. I'm sure it doesn't hurt to call. Hope we both get a surgery date soon Sent from my SM-G930T using BariatricPal mobile app

I have BCBSTX, too, and was just told my authorization was submitted today. They said insurance is allowed to take up to 15 days from today to approve or deny. I have heard of some people getting an approval in as little as 4 days but I'm trying not to get my hopes up. Sent from my SM-G930T using BariatricPal mobile app

Awesome, congrats! Sent from my SM-G930T using BariatricPal mobile app

Good luck to you, too! Hope we both have surgery dates soon! Sent from my SM-G930T using BariatricPal mobile app

Wow that is awesome! Glad to hear. Sent from my SM-G930T using BariatricPal mobile app

I had my consultation with the surgeon today and got the ball rolling. I have Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas and really hope I get approved with few issues. I'm surprised how little I have to do to qualify: lab work (done today), an online seminar, one nutrition class, one psychological evaluation, and an endoscopy. I went ahead and scheduled all of it so I should be done in a couple weeks, then the surgeon's office will submit to insurance. They said BCBS usually takes about 2 weeks to approve after you submit everything. Sounds too good to be true so I'm cautiously optimistic. I've been thinking about doing this for a long time and now I want to get it done as quickly as possible. Sent from my SM-G930T using BariatricPal mobile app