Has any one used Dr.Malley in Kansas City or the New Hope Bariatric Center? Looking for any and all information. Thanks

Welcome to the board. I go to Dr Malley's practice and Dr. Fearing did my surgery at New Hope Bariatrics. I really recommend New Hope and Dr. Fearing, and the seminar (if you haven't gone yet) is very informative.

The one thing I will say about Malley Surgical Weight Loss is that when you make your appointments for follow-ups and fills, make a few of them in advance as the doctors' schedules book up. The reception staff didn't ask to do that for me automatically, then looked at me like I was an idiot when I couldn't get in within 2 weeks for a fill because someone at their reception should have scheduled the appts in advance. Oh well.

--Carrie

Im going to the seminar on the 23rd of this month. How long did it take you to get to the point of surgery after you did the seminar? Ive seen some take a year, six months and as little as 2 months. Im also concerned about my insurance I have Tricare Prime and Im a 100lbs over weight but dont have a comorbity other than insulin resistance due to PCOS. You dont by chance have Tricare?

I went to the seminar in late January and had my surgery on 2/17 - a few weeks later. I had mine so quickly because I was self-pay, so I didn't have to jump through any insurance hurdles.. My insurance doesn't cover bariatric surgeries.

One thing to understand about insurance is that it really doesn't matter who the insurance company is, but what the insurance plan is. For example, one person with BCBS through their employer may have bariatric coverage while someone else with BCBS from another employer may not have coverage. Some employers opt out of bariatric coverage to keep their premium costs down. This is the same reason why infertility treatments and cosmetic surgery is not covered.

Often times insulin resistance and PCOS are not considered co-morbitities. I have both IR and PCOS too. Start the process, and Dr. Malley's office will do the legwork to find out what you need to do to get insurance approval. Their team is really quick with those responses!