Found out today positive for sleep apnea. Is this going to help approval or slow down the surgery process? I have been waiting for 7 months and just finished 6 month diet. They should be sending in for approval any day now.

Found out today positive for sleep apnea. Is this going to help approval or slow down the surgery process? I have been waiting for 7 months and just finished 6 month diet. They should be sending in for approval any day now.

Hi this diagnosis of sleep apnea should help with your approval although I'm not sure if it will speed up the process. Have you had all of your other testing done? If you have done all of this and your PCP has written a letter stating that the surgery is medically necessary then the rest is up to your surgeon. All he/she has to do now is submit it to your insurance for approval. This process took one week for me. I have Blue Cross/Blue Shield. I hope this helps somewhat. Have a good evening!!!

Yes it helps for sure thats one of the comorbid conditions ….

I have had the sleep study and stress test. I have the EGD on 22Apr. Go back for 2nd sleep study Sunday night. I didnt know if I had to be on cpap so long before they would do surgery.

I too was found to have sleep apnea. My surgeon and insurance (Healthpartners) requires at least 2 weeks on the CPAP machine with an average of 4 hours per night. There is a card in the back of the machine that is read to see if you are in compliance and how the machine is helping the apnea or not.

I was just signed off on that part. It was just a little time added on. Shouldn't hold your process up too much.

Hi this diagnosis of sleep apnea should help with your approval although I'm not sure if it will speed up the process. Have you had all of your other testing done? If you have done all of this and your PCP has written a letter stating that the surgery is medically necessary then the rest is up to your surgeon. All he/she has to do now is submit it to your insurance for approval. This process took one week for me. I have Blue Cross/Blue Shield. I hope this helps somewhat. Have a good evening!!!

I too was found to have sleep apnea. My surgeon and insurance (Healthpartners) requires at least 2 weeks on the CPAP machine with an average of 4 hours per night. There is a card in the back of the machine that is read to see if you are in compliance and how the machine is helping the apnea or not.

I was just signed off on that part. It was just a little time added on. Shouldn't hold your process up too much.

I too just found about sleep apnea. I have ri complete a 30 compliance with a cpap. Surgery date May 19