JamieNP

I got the denial reversed last week and I STILL check the tricare website!! I think I need another PSY eval!!

Your band is very pretty..makes you look skinny.

OMG..I would kill for a cheeseburger right now :thumbup:

Has anyone looked at the sermons by a preacher with the website Atlah? There is a church website, and then you can hear his sermons on Youtube. Type in "OBAMA and Atlah" in your youtube browser.

You have GOT to get approved!! I am praying hard for ya!

That is a thickening powder. You don't want that. It will make things like juice thicker so people that have problems swallowing not choke. A magic bullet is a blender, and will puree food.

I bought baby food, some frozen veggies, and a magic bullet.

Hey I have one. If you are a cop. You should be able to punish your kids with a taser.

You only need one that they list in the handbook

P am on liquids for thirty days .pmg I am gonna go crazy!

Do I believe it. No .I heard about it on talk radio and there has been investigations about it. Just like bill maher saying that palins baby is really her daughters.you can't believe everything out there even if it is recordings of the candidates. More than likely it was taken out of context. Choose a candidate on their merits and what they have done and how they have changed things instead of the media and hollywoods view.

While you are on youtube type in "obAma" and "limo" in the search box.

Hmmm...maybe someone needs to look at what a Socialist government means.

Yes.this thread is bs.no professional doctor would talk like this.

I personally think palins Bmi is too low to get banded. But it is none of my business.

So, anyone slimed or Pb'd lately?

Am I talking to you on 2 threads? :shades_smile: Yes Had to have all of the above.

Hubby has 28 years and just retired. Flew blackhawks (was in Somolia and in the book "Blackhawk Down" when the Clinton screwed the military over). I am also a nurse...and I also tote a gun.

According to my doctor's office, who deals with Tricare a lot (we are close to a military base), these are requirements in order to get it approved. Tricare was looking for my Psy eval and called the office for it.

lol...I had my appeal letter ready. I have many research articles and have been preparing everything. I passed some of this on to Karina...hopefully she won't need it.

I read in one of my Lapband books that if you drink a little meat tenderizer mixed in water, it will help.

Don't get discouraged. If you need a psy eval, you can set up your own. You may have to do the leg work here. Let me give you some codes...make sure they use these. You are going to have to have proof of some type of comorbidity...get a copy of the pulmonologist letter. From Tricare Handbook I. CPT1 PROCEDURE CODES 43644, 43770 - 43774, 43842, 43846, 43848, 43886 - 43888, S2083 II. DESCRIPTION Morbid obesity means the body weight is 100 pounds over ideal weight for height and bone structure, according to the most current Metropolitan Life Table, and such weight is in association with severe medical conditions known to have higher mortality rates in association with morbid obesity; or, the body weight is 200% or more of ideal weight for height and bone structure. III. POLICY A. Gastric bypass, gastric stapling or gastroplasty, to include vertical banded gastroplasty is covered when one of the following conditions is met: 1. The patient is 100 pounds over the ideal weight for height and bone structure and has one of these associated medical conditions: diabetes mellitus, hypertension, cholecystitis, narcolepsy, Pickwickian syndrome (and other severe respiratory diseases), hypothalamic disorders and severe arthritis of the weight-bearing joints. 2. The patient is 200% or more of the ideal weight for height and bone structure. An associated medical condition is not required for this category. 3. The patient has had an intestinal bypass or other surgery for obesity and, because of complications, requires a second surgery (a takedown). B. In determining the ideal body weight for morbid obesity using the Metropolitan Life Table, contractors must apply 100 pounds (or 200%) to both the lower and higher end of the weight range. Payment will be allowed when beneficiaries meet all requirements for morbid obesity surgery including the ideal weight within the newly determined range

Doesn't surprise me

http://www.nrapvf.org/News/Article.aspx?ID=308

Glad you think that is funny.