I am new on here and just want to share a little bit of my experience. I was so nervous about approval of insurance for lapband and to my suprise it went super fast. I had a 3 month multi-disciplinary plan that insurance required. A bmi of 42 and no co-morbities. I had past history of weight loss atempts. My doctors submitted my file to insurance on a monday and I was approved on tuesday. It took one day. YES! All my nervousness was gone away. I also have aetna pos two. Hope this helps for others waiting to hear back or going in to the approval. :scared2:

Congratulations! Insurance approval was the most stressful part so far for me as well! Everything else FLIES by after you get that letter in your hands! Glad it wasn't a painful process and good luck to you! :scared2:

Congrats Lique24 - I also have Aetna insurance. My paperwork was sent to them on April 20. I called on April 22 to check the status and she said it looks good so far and that I could call every afternoon to check the status. I called yesterday and she said they just approved it. Spoke with the surgery coordinator at my surgeons office and said they have to wait for the official call but penciled me in for pre-op May 3 and surgery on May 13. FAST!!! :scared2:

mine went fast too, Had my first surgeons visit on March 11, finished preop test April 12, paperwork turned in to Tricare on April 26, approved by April 27. surgery date May 18th (not set in concrete yet) fingers crossed. All this in a 70 day span thats incredible

Congrats to those that have been approved. I just check Tricare website and it has a BIG FAT "D" on it DENIED. I have a BMI of 40 with some other health issues. I has a sleep study last Friday and still waiting on the results. I'm not sure well I eas denied. My Doc office is filing all the paperwork. I have an appt with the nut on Thursday, wondering if I should keep it?