Could anyone give me an update as to their personal turn around time for approval with anthem these days? I have a friend who has been pre approved and will have her last of the 12 month doctors appointments for supervised weight loss on September 21st and needs surgery as early as possible in October. Thanks for any input!

My turn around was a little over a week. I found out mid Aug and was able to schedule two weeks later but had to wait till October because of work timing. Good luck to your friend!

I have Anthem (CA) and I have had to do all my prep before I could meet the surgeon. Then surgeon referred me for the endoscopy. That happens in 12 days, then they can submit for surgery approval. I was told up to 4 weeks for approval with Anthem, but have heard many people on here say 2 days. I can't set my date until I'm approved, and the wait time for my surgeon is about 5 weeks. I'm thinking November but would LOVE October (or asap)!

My turn around was 2 days .I had proof of 6 months supervised diet they submitted Tue and I was approved on Thursday

Wonderful! I am so happy for her to start this amazing journey.

Update: my Anthem CA insurance approval time took 3 days! Now I'm just waiting to get my surgery date. I'm so happy.

Still hoping for an October surgery date

Edited October 5, 201510 yr by fatcinderellasball