Does that mean 6 dr. visits or 7? If I had my 1st diet appt. on April 1, my second on May 1 and so on would I have to have the last one on one Aug. 1 (6 visits) or Sept. 1 (7 visits)? In other words do I have to actually BE ON the diet for 6 full months or just have 6 visits? Does that make sense?

For my insurance it was 6 months of Dr supervised weight loss visits. Taking your information and applying it would be: April, May, June, July, August, and September. For a total of 6 calendar months. I hope this helps.

I was told by the insurance coordinator that if I went January 29th as long as I go each month that January 29th counted as month 1, So I can go anytime during Feb, march, April, May and go June 1st and that counts as a month. Technically I would be going for 4 months but counting it as 6. Am I nervous about her submitting it that way? A little, but she's done this before so I assume she knows what she's doing.

I too was told by the nut. that it is six classes not necessarily six calendar months. It's a special program for bariatric surgery, so they've submitted lots. I feel confident with their answer!

I had this same question for my dietician when I first started my supervised diet. I thought the first visit wouldn't really count as being part of the six months since I wasn't technically on a diet yet. However, my dietician told me that you only need 6 visits total. Since I was extremely paranoid that maybe my dietician was wrong and that I really needed 7 visits, I called my insurance coordinator, and she also said you only need 6 visits.

Hope this helps!

I had this same question for my dietician when I first started my supervised diet. I thought the first visit wouldn't really count as being part of the six months since I wasn't technically on a diet yet. However, my dietician told me that you only need 6 visits total. Since I was extremely paranoid that maybe my dietician was wrong and that I really needed 7 visits, I called my insurance coordinator, and she also said you only need 6 visits.

Hope this helps!

I hope this is the same for me too!!! I have fepblue This would put me getting surgery for my birthday!!! I AM SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!

Every insurance is different, mine stated it had to be 180 days but we could submit one month early as long as surgery was schedule after the 180 days. For my husband he was approved after the 6 visit which was less then the 180 days and had surgery the following week. Good Luck it will be worth it whether it is the 6/7 months total.

Holy cow that is great! Thanks for the info guys! That means that I could be submitting very soon! I saw my PCP yesterday and got all my previous diet history and there was one more month in there I had forgotten about. Yippee!

Excuse me while I count out loud:

I have visits from 6/09, 7/09, 8/09 and 12/09.

My insurance says I have to have 6 months with only 3 being consecutive: (6, 7 and 8/09).

I had my 1st nut. appt. March 16. 2nd on April 11. So I count that as six!

My appt. with dr. is April 26. He requires an upper G.I. After that I will have everything done. Let's get this thang submitted!! I could be done and recovered in time for family reunion in July!