Hello everyone, can anyone tell me how can I go about changing doctors because I was approved 3weeks ago and I didn't found out about it from my surgeons office I found out from my insurance company I have called my patient advocate and I can never get her on the phone and she never return my messages I just want to know what's going on but I get no answers I mean I'm support to be happy about my approval not worried about if theythey forgot about mei just feel like i want to change doctors officesgone

If you have no communicaton with the drs office... their fault not yours, I personally wouldnt feel comfortable with them doing my surgery and the follow up care. After all you will have to be able to communicate with them after the surgery if only to answer questions. But on the downside if you change surgeons will you have to go thru the whole approval process again. May be you should call your insurance company in the morning and ask them. Good Luck girlie

I would call your insurance company and tell them that your not happy with the surgeons office and want to switch surgeons. See if they will cover everything and if you don't have to start all over. Good luck. Sorry to hear that your surgeons office sucks

I would call your insurance company and tell them that your not happy with the surgeons office and want to switch surgeons. See if they will cover everything and if you don't have to start all over. Good luck. Sorry to hear that your surgeons office sucks

Thank you

If you have no communicaton with the drs office... their fault not yours' date=' I personally wouldnt feel comfortable with them doing my surgery and the follow up care. After all you will have to be able to communicate with them after the surgery if only to answer questions. But on the downside if you change surgeons will you have to go thru the whole approval process again. May be you should call your insurance company in the morning and ask them. Good Luck girlie[/quote']

Ok thank you

Yeap if you switch surgeons, unless the one you switch to is within the same practice/bariatric center and hospital...you'll have to start the process all over again. I know I had too. Took me a year longer to have the surgery.

Hey cyn the best thing to do instead of starting all over go in and talk to them in person and when you see the surgeon tell him your grievances. Sometimes doctors don't know unless someone tells them if one of their staff members need reprimanded. If no one complains to him it can't be fixed

Hey cyn the best thing to do instead of starting all over go in and talk to them in person and when you see the surgeon tell him your grievances. Sometimes doctors don't know unless someone tells them if one of their staff members need reprimanded. If no one complains to him it can't be fixed

Your right about that I will talk to him, I will find his email cause I'm 3 and a half hours away from his office other than that I would have been up there but I'm just going ask him to call me

Yeap if you switch surgeons' date=' unless the one you switch to is within the same practice/bariatric center and hospital...you'll have to start the process all over again. I know I had too. Took me a year longer to have the surgery.[/quote']

Omg I will lost it lol

Call the insurance company to see what other surgeon is available have all the blood work fax over ASAP.

I had to switch surgeons after I had completed all of my pre-requisites due to my insurance company requirements. My new surgeon accepted all of my previous testing, psych eval, weight management records, etc. I only had to get updated bloodwork, see a different doctor to clear me medically, and do a sleep study (hadn't done this before). I saw the new surgeon in mid-June, got my insurance approval on the first try on August 8 and had my surgery September 10. My new surgeon and his staff are fantastic. It was a total blessing in disguise and I'm so happy I was forced to switch.