Good Afternoon forum.... I am Sigma Pi and I am in the process of starting my journey with geting the lap band. I am scared to death of the process and worried my insurance. I have Anthem BCBS of Indiana and it's a PPO. If I may ask, what is the normal turn around for approvals?

Good Afternoon forum.... I am Sigma Pi and I am in the process of starting my journey with geting the lap band. I am scared to death of the process and worried my insurance. I have Anthem BCBS of Indiana and it's a PPO. If I may ask, what is the normal turn around for approvals?

I have BCBS of California (aka Anthem BCBS, gets confusing). If you visit the website, which for me is "Empireblue.com", click on the "enter" button and then type "weight loss surgery" in the search box, you will find BCBS's policy for WLS. It will tell you everything expected of you.

Once I completed my 6 month supervised diet and the necessary tests, etc. I think it took a week or two ... but I did have to "bug" them to make sure they stayed on the case.

Hope this helps. If you can't find the info on the website let me know. I have a pdf copy that I would be happy to send to you.

~Fran