Hello all, I am new here. My PCP broached the subject of bariatric surgery recently. I am pretty interested. Has anyone dealt with this insurance company recently and bariatric surgery? When I called they told me the first step is to do 12 months of a documented weight loss program before anything else related to surgery. Timing wise, I found this a bit discouraging- as I have time intensive goals next september. Anyone have experience going through Horizon NJ Health? Thanks.

Oh...I'm in south Jersey...guess the search begins I suppose.

Who's your doctor? I'm seeing Dr. Neff in Cherry Hill

Oh...I'm in south Jersey...guess the search begins I suppose.

Who's your doctor? I'm seeing Dr. Neff in Cherry Hill

I was sleeved on March 5 by Dr Patel at cooper bariatric in Voorhees they have all services under the cooper umbrella. Very pleased with results so far 65 lbs gone

My seminar with Dr Neff is this Monday. I can't wait to get started!

My seminar with Dr Neff is this Monday. I can't wait to get started!

I know it's very exciting it's not easy but truthfully the liquid diet is filling I was never hungry

@@Angelkeeper4 I love Dr Neff! He's a great doctor. The pre op diet isn't the hardest. You get one small meal a day and 3 protein shakes. I'm 5 days post op and feeling pretty good!

How are you feeling? My seminar is Monday I feel like it will never get here! I'm not worried about liquid diets...whatever it takes! I just want to get started and know what I have to do (specialists, 6 mo diets etc)

How are you feeling? My seminar is Monday I feel like it will never get here! I'm not worried about liquid diets...whatever it takes! I just want to get started and know what I have to do (specialists, 6 mo diets etc)

I am feeling great when I eat I know if it's too fast or t [ much you just learn quickly what's what. I KNOW what you mean it's seemed like forever for me but in reality went very fast.. I had first appointment end of Jan and had all test and surgery done by March 5th am told was real fast. Had no health issues to deal with so went smooth. Happy Independence day to you!

Hey all! Getting closer to the big day. Just curious, how long did it take to get the approval?

lol, congratulations! seems as if everyone has been sleeved except for me! I am still trudging along...a ton of unexpected diagnoses and occurrences popped up...and i am FINALLY done with EVERYTHING. now i just have to have my file put together officially and sent off for pre approval. LOL. still waiting. hopefully i will be done by December.

lol, congratulations! seems as if everyone has been sleeved except for me! I am still trudging along...a ton of unexpected diagnoses and occurrences popped up...and i am FINALLY done with EVERYTHING. now i just have to have my file put together officially and sent off for pre approval. LOL. still waiting. hopefully i will be done by December.

Best of luck to you I am now 8 months 10days out from having my sleeve done and as of this morning I am 82 lbs down best decision I ever made. Best of luck on your journey!

hey leep!

it's so funny...but when i wrote my last post, i had no clue that i had already been approved for my surgery 2 weeks prior! LOLOL. i have no clue how it all worked out but i went to check my mail the day after that post (i am horrible about checking my mail--i only check it about 1x a week IF that much!) and inside had been my approval letter, sitting for 12 days already.

yay! now i see my surgeon on the 30th to pick a date. my biggest issue is...before Thanksgiving or after??? LOL.

oh, and as a general piece of info--my approval process HAD to take less than 2 weeks by my calculations. so very quick, even though i didn't know i was even that far along LOL.

That's wonderful congratulations... I have heard it don't take long has a lot to do with the workup and documentation that they are provided the better the package the quicker they act. At this point I would not worry either way on your date it's a short recovery from the procedure. So delaying is never good. Who is your surgeon, where you getting it? Best of luck with this new and exciting journey!

hey! dr. garrison didn't give me a date option like i thought he would. he said, "better early than late" and gave me a 11/17 date. so, no thanksgiving for me (boohiss) but there's always next year with the new me.

everyone also felt like him...why delay start today and i was encouraged to just go on and do my surgery asap...so i agree.

dr. g's assistant explained that in some cases, approval will be given even before the requirements are completed because of the patients health history and test results from the specialist. my file was about 75% complete when i was approved for surgery.

my surgeon is from vorhees, but he is working in jersey city, which is where i'll be having my procedure at.

i also get the robot assisted procedure, so i'm a bit stoked about that. faster healing, more precision, less pain and it's neat to have the robot doing the work!

Hello all, I am new here. My PCP broached the subject of bariatric surgery recently. I am pretty interested. Has anyone dealt with this insurance company recently and bariatric surgery? When I called they told me the first step is to do 12 months of a documented weight loss program before anything else related to surgery. Timing wise, I found this a bit discouraging- as I have time intensive goals next september. Anyone have experience going through Horizon NJ Health? Thanks.

Hey! Thanks for starting this thread girl. Since last night I've been reading about your journey through this board and you and all of the other ladies were AWESOME help! Thanks so much and congrats with everything!