Hi ev1, I went to my seminar thurs and my consultation is tues. My bmi is 44.6 and I have high blood pressure. I had previously tried wt loss clinics only to have gain the weight back. Tired of being unhealthy and obese. Question: How long does it take for insurance approval? and what are the requirements if anyone knows. I'm ready to get this show on the road. Looing forward to being thin again. Thanks.

Hi ev1, I went to my seminar thurs and my consultation is tues. My bmi is 44.6 and I have high blood pressure. I had previously tried wt loss clinics only to have gain the weight back. Tired of being unhealthy and obese. Question: How long does it take for insurance approval? and what are the requirements if anyone knows. I'm ready to get this show on the road. Looing forward to being thin again. Thanks.

I have UHC. The only requirements was a 5 year history of your weight and using a Center of Excellence doctor. They can refer you to one. My surgeon had more requirements. UHC will assign you a case worker and eventually a case nurse. They are very helpful and can answer all your questions. Once I met all my surgeons requirements, it only took a few days for "the approval call".

I have found that all uhc plans are different. A lot of it depends on the plan your employer selected. I had to have 6 mos supervised diet, however I had 6 mos of WW records which they accepted. My request for surgery was submitted on a friday afternoon and by tuesday morning I was approved. Good luck to you!

Thank you for your quick responses, I will know more next week. Very excited, keeping my hands crossed.

You should be able to look at YOUR coverage online. Most providers have their policies available. You put in your member # and can see exactly what their requirements are for your policy. That is where I started. I don't have UHC. But they do have a website:

https://www.myuhc.com/member/prewelcome.do

Thanks and congrats on your weight lost. Hope I'm as successful.

You should be able to look at YOUR coverage online. Most providers have their policies available. You put in your member # and can see exactly what their requirements are for your policy. That is where I started. I don't have UHC. But they do have a website:

https://www.myuhc.co...r/prewelcome.do