After 6 months of the "hoops," I got a call yesterday to say that my surgery has been approved by United HealthCare UHC. The paperwork was submitted on June 3rd, but UHC indicated that they did not get everything in the fax, so it was resubmitted on June 9th. My approval call was on June 14th.

My plan is an HRA. I have a $1500 deductible and a $3K maximum out-of-pocket limit. UHC covers 85% of the surgery, so I'm not sure if this means I still owe 15% since I've met the out of pocket limit for the year.

Surgery date to be given to me later this week. Yay!

Awesome. I am so glad to hear your approval went well. To borrow the term, I have two months left of "fat camp" appointments, and that is definitely my biggest worry. Good luck on your journey and hope you set a date soon!

I'm UHC in TX. I was approved for Lapband...so I hope I'll be approved for sleeve too. I'm so happy for you! I hope all goes well.

I was just wondering, is your plan through work or is it an individual plan?

Mine is through my father's employer.

Ok thanks. Have a good day!

I'm so happy to hear you were approved. My case was sent on Wednesday 7-13 and I called UHC on 7-14 and they confirmed they received all the paper work. I'm so nervous and scared. My BMI is only 37.7 with no major co-morbidities. So I'm hoping they look at my bad back history and approve me. If I don't get approved I will be soo depressed.

Congrats on the approval!!!! UHC is pretty quick with the approval.

Deb