Hi, I am Jenna from south Carolina. I have my consultation on the 24th. I have heard that Tri Care is pretty quick about approving- Anyone have any experience with Tri care? Also looking for advice as to what to expect in the next couple months.

yes, was approved by tricare by 2nd day

they have been incredible to work with during this time

How long after approval did you do the surgery? How much do they cover?

i did all my pre ops and they submitted to tricare and had surgery 2 weeks later.

it went smoothly. just alot of appts and meeting with dr's for various things

day of surgery, i paid 183.45 for my surgery. tricare paid everything else.

Hard to say what all you might have to do prior to surgery.Thats up to your insurance company.you have to qualify first.Good luck in your endeavors

Thanks- I'm not worried about the approval- I have 2 comorbidities and have been told that with that you only have to be 30 BMI in order to be approved by Tri Care, and have been told as soon as the approval comes in things move pretty quickly. Little nervous- but excited- nothing else has worked for me- O'm really hoping this does!!

I'm going for my consult on the 17th and I have tricare west. I hear the different areas are different but I'm nervous about needing 6 months of dieting with a weigh in with primary physician once a month. I have proof of over six months of weight watchers but not sure if they'll acept it. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. If I have to wait 6 months I will but I'm hoping not to. As far as I know this is only a Triwest requirement but I'll let you know if I get approved. Good luck!!!

I'm going for my consult on the 17th and I have tricare west. I hear the different areas are different but I'm nervous about needing 6 months of dieting with a weigh in with primary physician once a month. I have proof of over six months of weight watchers but not sure if they'll acept it. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. If I have to wait 6 months I will but I'm hoping not to. As far as I know this is only a Triwest requirement but I'll let you know if I get approved. Good luck!!!

i have tricare prime north, and there was not a 6 month wait

as long as you had past paperwork of documentation of past weight loss and all your pre ops complicated, and a nice dr's recommendation letter, i dont

think you have to wait 6 months...i will keep my fingers crossed

I have Tri Care Prime South and i understand there is no 6 month requirement- just a letter from your doctor you have been trying for over 6 months.

Tricare is being awful

Why? What's going on? I go for my endoscopic on Monday and hopefully my psych eval next week too-just got the referral for that yesterday but that was my pcps problem not tri care. What region are you in?

South

Please email me bmxmomla@aol.com

I'm starting to go through my pre-op stuff and so far the only thing that i'm dissapointed in Tricare is that I have to see my PCP for six months and other regions do not. Just a little set back and I'll stick with it. Tricare had been good about aproving pre-op stuff so far.