Hey everyone, so my bariatric doctors office sent in the request for my surgery (UHC) Oct.17. I have been calling daily to see if it has been approved yet. My insurancr is saying they need my surgeons office to call them. They didnt request anymore information but they can only speak to them, etc. Has this happened to anyone? Do you know what could be holding up the process? To make matters worse ny coordinator is out the entire week. It seems like the closer I get the further I am.

I know the feeling mrsaizsha_101, but Oct. 17 is good but, I know you want that approval. My surgery is suppose to be Oct. 8th. I finished the 6 month (meetings weight ins etc...)the end of March. I had to go get my heart checked out then sleep study all things that could have been done during the six months previously, before I got excited about getting my surgery in June (I thought). My insurance company told me that it could take up to 30 days and it did. I got my on the phone approval. It was approved Aug 8th. but the clinic had to have a letter from them. So now, here I am waiting and it seems like these days are really flying by. I am hoping and praying that I don't get a cold. So I say call the doctor and the insurance company. And I am glad you don't have to wait a long time ( easy for me to say). Good luck on your day

i can understand the frustration as well. I started this journey with my seminar last December, made it through the 6 months of the doctor diet and then struggled with my doctor to get the paperwork turned into the surgeon's office so it could be turned in to insurance. Was finally turned into insurance last Friday (Sept 25th) and waiting for approval. It's been a long wait since December! I'm so ready to go with this! This is the first year my insurance is covering bariatric surgery so it's kind of scary to know if they will actually cover it or not.

Good luck to you both It will be worth the wait, right??

Julie