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Ok, this is my first time on this site. Love it so far! I have gone to nutrition consult and am on week 4 of my 3 month physician supervised diet. I have my psych eval. On April 16. I am wondering about other peoples experience with federal bc/bs insurance and their approval process. I am so scared that I. Am not going to be approved. Is their a weight loss that they want to see for 3 month diet? My BMI is 48. I have high blood pressure only, no other co-morbidities. How long did it take to get approval after office submitted info? What did you say for your letter as to why you wanted this surgery? Do u talk about personal reasons or give facts about benefits of losing weight and how it will help your health? I know a lot of questions, just dying for someone's advice that has been there. Thanks so much!!

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RELAX! I was just like u. I was so worried about not losing I almost lost too much. My authorization came in under 2 weeks. I didn't need a letter so cant advise u there. It'll happen. Good luck.

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Your questions are similar to mine. I, too, have BCBS Fep. I have my initial consult this Thursday. I will also meet with the insurance manager to talk about these same issues. Check with your drs office. Someone is likely to be their insurance go-to person. I'll let you know what I hear come Thursday. From what I've heard so far, BCBS Fep is very fast.

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I just came from my initial consult. The insurance coordinator said no actual weight loss is required by BCBS Only the three months of nutritional counseling. And my copayment will be approx 450 dollars! Yay!

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