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Tsign36

By Tsign36, in Insurance & Financing

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Tsign36    37

Tsign36
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I'm getting so frustrated waiting for Insurance Approval! I feel like it has been forever since everything was submitted, which was on the 29th of May. I was told about a week for BCBS. I have my whole summer planning waiting on the date of my surgery and since I'm not telling others I can't set dates to go visit family until I know where I will be in my recovery! UGGGG! Just feeling frustrated with this today and want to set a date already so I can start this journey! I'm ready... beyond ready... but want to start NOW! Fingers crossed I hear from them tomorrow!

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ilikebunnies    48

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I would call them daily. I got my approval in 48 hours from BCBS but I had no idea until I called. Also, seems like some customer service reps are more knowledgeable than others. Once I called and the guy didn't know where to look, another time I called she knew right away. Hang in there!

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kah1213    311

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I'm getting so frustrated waiting for Insurance Approval! I feel like it has been forever since everything was submitted' date=' which was on the 29th of May. I was told about a week for BCBS. I have my whole summer planning waiting on the date of my surgery and since I'm not telling others I can't set dates to go visit family until I know where I will be in my recovery! UGGGG! Just feeling frustrated with this today and want to set a date already so I can start this journey! I'm ready... beyond ready... but want to start NOW! Fingers crossed I hear from them tomorrow![/quote']

I know it feels like time is standing still, right?

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Tsign36    37

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Thanks! I am going to call tomorrow... I hate to be the squeeky wheel but I have to be!!! I just want to be able to mark my date on the calendar so I can start my new life!!! I have to do 2 weeks preop diet too but my dr. won't start anything until we get approval... the longer it takes the more it makes me think I will be denied! I'll post tomorrow hopefully with some good news!

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cmk99    39

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It took me 3 days to get my approval from BCBS. I called them everyday!

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Tsign36    37

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Did you all call BCBS or did you call your DR? I haven't called BCBS yet.... maybe I should call them too??? What do you think?

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cmk99    39

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Did you all call BCBS or did you call your DR? I haven't called BCBS yet.... maybe I should call them too??? What do you think?

I called the doctor until they submitted everything to insurance then I started calling insurance.

I'm no good at waiting, I know I'm not going to have surgery next week or anything but I will feel great to get a surgery date!!

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PandorasBox92264    61

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I had BCBS when I had the surgery done. I was told by my Dr Office that with the numbers I had that my plan did not deny lap bands and were one of the easiest to get approved. It seemed like it took forever for me to get an answer! Ask the person in the office who handles insurance and they can tell you if they are having problems with approvals or not. Just call and ask, if you get someone that doesn't seem to know where to look then ask for a supervisor. I was in the PA/NJ area when I had that insurance plan.

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caramel*99    10

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I have bcbs and it only took mayb 3 days after everything was filed to get approval. Hopefully you'll hear some good news soon!

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Bamabander    111

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I hate to hear that... I think that is do frustrating. I have BCBS and my approval didn't even take an hour... I was ready for a wait but surprised. I would call BCBS everyday til I had an answer. Good luck

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Tsign36    37

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Thanks everyone.... I'm going to call the DR's office tomorrow morning as soon as they open and if there is no word from them then it is off to start calling BCBS and calling and calling and calling! :unsure:

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NWgirl    574

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Insurance companies have 30 days to respond to pre-authorization requests. It seems that most get approval in two weeks or so. If you have a case manager through the insurance company, you should call them.

You also have to realize that BCBS is operated under many different names and states, so some people posting saying they got their approval in two days probably have a different kind of insurance or more severe health problems.

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Tsign36    37

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Well I called the Dr's office and left a message for their Insurance person... didn't hear back so I will call them tomorrow. Then I called BCBS and spoke to someone who was nice but didn't have answers yet and she said she will talk to the woman in pre-approval and would call me back... I didn't hear back from her either. I will call them back again tomorrow! I just want to know and if I am not approved the quicker I know the quicker I can do whatever they need me to do so I can get this on track! Thanks for asking and I'll keep you posted! :)

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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