Hi all, I'm having such a hard time getting my psych to type a letter for me for the insurance company. The one he originally did was apparently not good enough because the surgeons office won't even send my stuff over because of that! He wrote that I am psychologically stable and I made my own decision regarding the surgery... I just got off the phone with the surgeons office and she can't even tell me what it needs to say! All she said was the insurance won't take this! Then I proceeded to ask her if she would be able to call him and tell them exactly what they wAnt n she turns around and says well we don't do that! I'm at my wits end becuz my psych doesn't know what they want I don't know what they want.., can anyone help me!

Hi all' date=' I'm having such a hard time getting my psych to type a letter for me for the insurance company. The one he originally did was apparently not good enough because the surgeons office won't even send my stuff over because of that! He wrote that I am psychologically stable and I made my own decision regarding the surgery... I just got off the phone with the surgeons office and she can't even tell me what it needs to say! All she said was the insurance won't take this! Then I proceeded to ask her if she would be able to call him and tell them exactly what they wAnt n she turns around and says well we don't do that! I'm at my wits end becuz my psych doesn't know what they want I don't know what they want.., can anyone help me![/quote']

Ask your doc for a psychologist that they work with and go see him. They know exactly what to look for in a patient and what to write on the evaluation.

My surgeons office doesn't let us pic our psych, they give us a list that they work with. The key was to call all of them until I found the one who would bill my insurance.

See if your surgeons office has a list of psychs that are used to doing WLS referals.. ones that do referals on a regular basis know exactly what to write, most have a form letter already written up.

I got a list from my Dr.. didnt like it bc none where close to my house/ work... like an hour drive or more ... so I pulled up a list from my ins co online well that just sucked bc the first lady I called.. Thank goodness she was honest over the phone but told me I was fat ( anyone that was heavy that is) bc I had no will power and surgery would not fix that and that is what she would write in the letter if I came to her.. Like I said thank goodness she informed me her views before I took time off work paid a co pay and drove over there for that crap...So needless to say I went back to my Drs prefered list drove an hour 15 min ONE WAY but she was used to seeing WLS patients knew exactly what to do and once I was done I was done...

And just so you know like CG says I have want power I am 5 wks post op and down a total 35 pre and post ...

I went to the Psych that my Dr recommended. I read my letter before they sent it in and it was very thorough. Basically telling of my past struggles with weight loss and how I handled them. My previous fitness levels and my mental stability through hard times.Stating that I understand that the surgery is a tool and not an end all to weight loss. My Dr states that they have patients read the Dr letter and Psych and Dietary letters so that if there are any discrepencies they will be caught prior to sending them in.

Thanks guys... They did give me a name of ONE psych that I called and the earliest appt is may 15th... So I booked that appt. the only thing that is bothering me is that they want my copay and an xtra 100 dollers for the test.. If they take my insurance why would I have to shell out that kind of cash also? I'm currently unemployed and don't have that extra money just sitting around, I pay for my insurance over 800 dollers a month,that's why I was trying to use the psych I already use.... But I may have to just suck it up, because I need this done so badly