I am sure this is different for everyone, but am trying to get a general idea here. I will be done with all my requirements by the end of this month. My insurance has always approved things really fast, within a week at the most. So my question is how long did it take after that to have your surgery? Was your surgeon's schedule booked up for a long time or where you able to get a date within a couple of weeks or so? Just curious.

I have a couple of things timewise to work around and getting a general idea of when I might be able to have the surgery would be really helpful.

Good job ready to get the show on. Glad to hear you're getting in touch with them regularly. I hope you find out soon your date of surgery. I'm sure it's frustrating

About thirty days but only because the educational workshops required for my program were full. They wouldn't schedule me till I completed them.

The whole process went like this:

It was 3 1/2 months from Information Seminar to surgery.

It took me approx two months to complete all the required visits for a medical clearance - 2 w/surgeon, 2w/psychiatrist, 1 pulmonary, 2 w/cardiologist, labs, and EKG.

BCBSRI approval only took 5-6 days once submitted.

Then it took three weeks to complete 3 educational workshops and a 4 hr nurse education class.

A week after that I had my surgery. :-)

Thanks all! My surgeon doesn't require a pre-op diet, just full liquids the day before surgery. So that won't add to the time any, just however booked up his schedule is. I am ready now!!!

Wow, I am shocked to hear of these fast turn-arounds from insurance companies. I have CHP/STATE Insurance and I'm required to do a 12 month weightloss management program with my Bariatric doctor and lose 10% of my starting body weight which was 34 lbs for me; I am in month 9 and have lost 38 lbs. I sure hope that my insurance company moves as fast as you alls! Encouraging!