Does anyone happen to know how much "weight" history that cigna requires? And also when the insurance company does require a weight history, are they looking for you to be the same exact weight for the entire history time? I mean many of us flucuate from time to time.

Thanks!

I'm with True Results and although I have been 100% happy with them so far, they do not do preliminary surgery dates (I suspect they just have too many people to do that). You don't get to schedule until after you get insurance approval. This makes me think that the only way to get Cigna to look at your paperwork faster than they legally have to is to have a preliminary date sent in by your surgeon, just like the one rep told me. Might be good information for anyone who's trying to get approved through Cigna in the future. Now I'm curious as to whether anyone's had a different experience. I'll have to poke around some more, hmm...

I have Cigna and got so frustrated after years of diets that I gave up and went with "True Results". I am having to pay for about 1/2 of the procedure, but it was worth it to not have the stress and the depression after being told yet again that I had failed another diet plan. I really hate that insurance companies don't understand that we have tried weight loss programs and have not been successful. We want help and then they make it so darn difficult. UGH!!!

Good luck to you on this journey!!!!

I am not siding with insurance companies but I understand them not freely approving people without the person proving they are commited to the life style change. 14k for my overnight hospital stay and 5k for the surgeon and another 1.5k for anesthesia. If a person is not commited then it's a waste. Health care costs are out of control as it is. Giving away surgey approvals like a bank giving away pens is unrealistic..

I had to do the 6month diet for Cigna and I would do it all over again. Fact that they changed from 6 months to 3 is great progress.