Kaiser's psych eval not good enough for surgeon

[Tangy 61]

Thought I was finish jumping through hoops. Got all requirements completed & now my surgeon wants me to do another psych eval before surgery. Has this happen to anyone?

[kltklass 144]

No, I was a self pay. Good luck to you.

[abordenster 43]

My surgeon had a list of doctors that could do an appropriate psych evaluation. I had to pay $125 dollars. That doctor wrote a letter that cleared me for surgery. She had a lot of experience with food addiction. My primary doctor thought the practices psychologist could have done it but I met with her twice and she felt she didn't have the experience. The psych eval letter is added to the pile of tests and weigh ins and submitted to insurance for approval. Your surgeon should have a list of providers who do psych evals for wls. It is a lot of work to get all tests done. It took me ten months. So annoying. But my surgeon had an amazing success rate so I figured he has to make sure we're ready to go the distance.

[Tangy 61]

My surgeon had a list of doctors that could do an appropriate psych evaluation. I had to pay $125 dollars. That doctor wrote a letter that cleared me for surgery. She had a lot of experience with food addiction. My primary doctor thought the practices psychologist could have done it but I met with her twice and she felt she didn't have the experience. The psych eval letter is added to the pile of tests and weigh ins and submitted to insurance for approval. Your surgeon should have a list of providers who do psych evals for wls. It is a lot of work to get all tests done. It took me ten months. So annoying. But my surgeon had an amazing success rate so I figured he has to make sure we're ready to go the distance.

Thanks Abordenster!