I have Highmark bc/bs of Pittsburgh, all my information had to be mailed they would not take fax, Dr office says it was mailed on January 8th insurance claims it was not recieved till the 24th of January, has anyone ever dealt with them waiting on approval, must get done before Feb 28th, my job changes to another company and new insurance, then if I dont get done by 28th will have to wait till new insurance kicks in April, have already paid my deductible for 2011 and most of my coinsurance, dont want to start over, I have called 2x they tell me it can take 6 weeks my handbook says they have 15 days to give a approval or denial. anyone ever deal with them... ??????? Really getting discouraged here..

I have Highmark BC/BS through the railroad so I'm sure it's not exactly the same, but it took them about 25 days to approve me. They told me they have 30 days to approve or deny, and they were always very helpful when I called and spoke with them. It actually took me longer to get my surgery date then for the insurance to approve, that took a little over a month before I had my surgery. Good luck, I hope it all works out.

I have Keystone and I got my approval after everything was sent to them in 24 hours. It was the surgery date that took a little longer, because of having to go by the doctors schedule.

Your best bet is to call on Monday. Call the surgon, call the insurance company. The harder you push the faster this will go through. GOOD LUCK!!

I'm hoping you have your approval already. Mine took less than 48 hours (Highmark PPO Blue). Happy Banding! -BG

I have highmark PPO blue.. it was quick approval