Charged for 6 Month Med Supervised Diet??

[machan 0]

Mine has been a little here and a little there to add up to a LOT. My Dr has a $500 program fee, and I still am not sure what that covers other than the support groups and educational materials. Nutritionist was not covered, so paid 100 for that, and the psych eval was covered but I got charged an additional 100 for that.

The med supervised diet was also NOT covered, which I didn't realize until month 4 when I had no other issues. The 1st 3 appoints (with PCP) I had other questions or problems in addition to the diet stuff. The one time I didn't have anything else, insurance denied it. I made sure to be sick for the next two appointments!! (or asked for RX refills, etc.) Insurance gave no further trouble.

[dm5201 1]

I have a question about this - if I lose weight during the 6 month medically supervised diet, will my insurance exclude me for not having a high enough BMI?

I apologize in advance if there is a proper place to post this question

Bubbles,

There should not be a problem. Insurance will go off of what your first weigh-in was with the surgeon's office.