I am on WV Medicaid, and started the process of getting my pre-surgery evaluations and diet started at the beginning of 2014. I finish my 12 month supervised weight loss in January. I am having my heart eval next week, my pulmonary eval next month, and my psych eval as soon as I can get it scheduled. I am also waiting for an appointment with my surgeon, Dr. Akkary. Does anyone here have any experience with WV Medicaid? I don't know what to expect re getting approved for the surgery. How long does it take to get approval? I have a BMI of over 60, type 2 diabetes, arthritis, and GERD, so proving comorbitites won't be a problem!

Is there a patient navigator or case manager where you are going? I don't know anyone who had my insurance either so I just asked her to tell me their pattern for approval. I have Amerihealth DC which is a Medicaid managed care insurance. My approval shouldn't take more than 15 days.

Good luck

Edited December 4, 201411 yr by laurenella82

Thanks, Laurenella. I'm waiting for an appointment with my surgeon soon, and will bring this up at the clinic while I'm there. I haven't called the clinic yet because I've spent so much time calling them for other things, and don't want to make an annoyance of myself.