Hey i am in the middle of doing my check list i need done... and i have the last of all the appointments scheduled this week and next week.... but the only thing i am confussed about is the last check list which ask "Letter Of Support from your family MD." Now is this the same as a referral request? she did write me a referral reguest to another surgeons office but those surgeons no longer take medicaid so they told me to call this other hospital close by and i have been working with them ever sense. so they said they need the check list to send into the insurance company. so will this referral request do as a letter of support and also work with another hospital name on it? i mean the insurance can see that obviously my pcp wanted me to get surgery done with a referral request.

Typically they are looking for clearance and approval from the PCP. Example:

To whom it may concern

I, Dr so and so, have been treating paitent xyz for the purpose of weight loss and bariatric surgery. At this time I would recommend surgery for xyz to help with yada yada yada. I feel they are a good candidate for the procedure.

More professional of course. But just an idea.

Oh..... My pcp is like pulling out teeth to get her to send me info and stuff.... very frustraiting!... I will call up there tomrrow and see what I can do. ughhhhhhh

Thanks for your respone that helped me out alot!!!

My surgeon gave me a letter with my info all my Dr had to do was print it on her letterhead. Super easy

I thought that would be the hardest part, getting the approval letter from my doc, but, there I was, sitting on the table, dangling my feet, while he wrote a note out on his prescription pad and my surgeon's office said it was acceptable. I was shocked.

Also, you can let the doc know that this letter is one of the few things left before you can be submitted.

Oh! Also have the doc note in the letter the current BMI and note the diagnosis of obesity.

My Bariatric center gave me a form where my doc had to check a box stating cleared for surgery and sign it.