Just curious if there was anyone else...

Still here! Being sleeved April 4 with Dr. King in Oxford. It's hard to believe its almost time! I'm so excited

Yay! Me too, I can't wait!

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Still here and loving my sleeve! Good luck on your upcoming surgeries, guys!

Hello Fellow MS Sleevers, I live in New Albany, MS and I had my sleeve done on March 5th 2012 by Dr Michael King in Oxford. I can not praise Dr King, his amazing staff and Baptist Hospital in Oxford MS enough! The care, compassion and professionalism shown to me by EVERYONE involved was beyond my expectations! I highly recommend Dr King for anyone looking for a great experience!

Lucedale, MS here! First appt with Dr Jenkins next week! Cannot wait to hear your stories & experiences!

Helllo.. I am in Starkville. Being sleeved by Dr. Michael King in Oxford.

I'm hoping to join the club of being sleeved. Still waiting to hear from Dr. Kings office if my insurance has approved me. Was told it usually takes about 2 wks for a response so this is my 2nd week of waiting . The waiting is so aggravating. But patience is a virtue so I am trying my best to be patient. Any suggestions or thoughts on anything else I should do to speed the process? My insurance is UHC so hoping from what I read on here that it wont be much longer.

Mine took about 2 weeks. I have bc/bs of mass. The wait is hard but worth it. I get sleeved tomorrow.

Mine took about 2 weeks. I have bc/bs of mass. The wait is hard but worth it. I get sleeved tomorrow.

Thank you for the reply. Good luck and congrats on your sleeve. I can't wait to be at that point. So ready to start a new life --- a healthy one for sure!

Hi Ladies, I live in Jackson and was sleeved on 4/4 by Dr. King and want to share that I have had a wonderful experience thus far! Can't brag enough about him and his staff, as well as the staff at Baptist Hospital. I will be happy to answer any questions y'all have. Best of luck

Mimi77 I too will be using Dr. King and just from the seminar and having a friend that used him I was impressed with what I have seen.I just wish the insurance company would hurry up and give notice of being approved. Yes I am getting impatient I do believe. Heres to another day of hoping that phone will ring with good news.

Hello Fellow MS Sleevers, I live in New Albany, MS and I had my sleeve done on March 5th 2012 by Dr Michael King in Oxford. I can not praise Dr King, his amazing staff and Baptist Hospital in Oxford MS enough! The care, compassion and professionalism shown to me by EVERYONE involved was beyond my expectations! I highly recommend Dr King for anyone looking for a great experience!

Got any suggestions on how to get the insurance coordinator to get the job done? All I have heard is excuses and its been 3 weeks since I thought my request for approval was sent in. Come to find out, it hasnt and all I got was excuses for her being away from work, yadda yadda yadda. Have left numerous voice mails and no replies. My patience is just about to run out. Would appreciate any input on this if you can.

Got any suggestions on how to get the insurance coordinator to get the job done? All I have heard is excuses and its been 3 weeks since I thought my request for approval was sent in. Come to find out, it hasn't and all I got was excuses for her being away from work, yadda yadda yadda. Have left numerous voice mails and no replies. My patience is just about to run out. Would appreciate any input on this if you can.

Good luck on yours. Between the girl at the doc's office bumbling and the insurance bumbling, my 1-2 week approval process turned into 16 weeks. That was after my 3 months of supervised visits. If I had not of rode them all like horses, it probably would of never happened. And of course it was ALWAYS someone else's fault. I never got a straight answer from her or the insurance. And to top it all off, I got $25,000 in bills after it was all finished. The insurance refused to pay them, when I had the approval letter. They were demanding payment in full because they only operate with an approval letter. I had to get the insurance on the line, go through three departments and cop an attitude to get it put right. That took two weeks...argh!

Good luck on yours. Between the girl at the doc's office bumbling and the insurance bumbling, my 1-2 week approval process turned into 16 weeks. That was after my 3 months of supervised visits. If I had not of rode them all like horses, it probably would of never happened. And of course it was ALWAYS someone else's fault. I never got a straight answer from her or the insurance. And to top it all off, I got $25,000 in bills after it was all finished. The insurance refused to pay them, when I had the approval letter. They were demanding payment in full because they only operate with an approval letter. I had to get the insurance on the line, go through three departments and cop an attitude to get it put right. That took two weeks...argh!

Thank you Benisa for that input. I hate to hear that you had such a rough time with them but it also helps me to hear these kind of things. If and when I get to have the surgery, if the insurance goofs up, my husband will handle them. He is my "bulldog" for this kind of stuff and if we were to get a bill like you got, oh lordy I feel for the insurance people that have to deal with him. I left another voicemail yesterday, Wednesday so I am again hoping to hear something "positive" today from Angie. Did you ever speak with the office manager at all during that time? If so did it help? Trying to be patient as possible but if I don't get some results will start looking elsewhere for a new doctor to use.

Thank you Benisa for that input. I hate to hear that you had such a rough time with them but it also helps me to hear these kind of things. If and when I get to have the surgery, if the insurance goofs up, my husband will handle them. He is my "bulldog" for this kind of stuff and if we were to get a bill like you got, oh lordy I feel for the insurance people that have to deal with him. I left another voicemail yesterday, Wednesday so I am again hoping to hear something "positive" today from Angie. Did you ever speak with the office manager at all during that time? If so did it help? Trying to be patient as possible but if I don't get some results will start looking elsewhere for a new doctor to use.

Like I said, it is always the ins. fault when you talk to the Dr. office and the Dr. fault when you talk to the ins. Everyone want to pass the buck to someone else.

My husband works at the new Toyota plant in Blue Springs. I was the first bariatric case Tupelo had had from there. They blamed all the trouble on trying to learn the ins and outs of the new company/ins. It was an utter nightmare. All I have to say is, you better know your ins. benefits like the back of your hand. Have copies of it, names and numbers of people you speak with at the ins., dates that you make calls and submit papers. I can't tell you how many times I had to have the ins. company call the Dr. office and say, "YES we do cover that" or "NO we do not require that." I had a round about the center of excellence, weight management visits, deductible. I was put on a hold status with the ins. because of unreceived/lost paper work. Then after I got all of that fixed (I did ALL of the leg work MYSELF) and resubmitted, I still was denied. After deeper inspection, I found it was because there were still some papers missing. I ended up submitting documents from; A former PCP, current PCP, chiropractor, cardiology, GI, bariatric and phycologist before they had everything that they wanted. I went door to door and talked to each one of them and collected the info myself. When you give it to the ins. coordinator, make them make copies. Keep everything! You may just need them again if they end up MIA like mine did. And keep everything showing where you have paid anything. I had to pay the bariatric clinic my $750 out of pocket up front before they would schedule my surgery. That is my max out of pocket. The thing about that is, they took my money, but didn't yet have a claim to file. So other claims were coming through my insurance and being only paid in part. When I told the ins. What was going on, they said they had no right to that money until the day of the surgery. I had to have the ins. Call and demand a refund to pay the other bills that came through first. The bariatric clinic was going to be paid 100% because of the order their claim was filed in. It has just been an utter nightmare and I'm still not sure it is completely over. You just have to be prepared to kick and scream and get down right mean if you have to. This is your health. To all of them, you are just another face and another dollar.