Does anyone know if you are on a three month med supervised diet (Cigna) do you have to have monthly nutrional classes or meet w a nutritionist three times? Can you follow a "mindful eating & exercise" plan without that?

I ask bc it is going to throw my ENTIRE timeline off bc I can't seem to find a NUT who will schedule me in ALL of Orlando for NOV/DEC!!!!

get a referral from your surgeons office. they might be able to get you in sooner. if not make a appointment and ask to be put on a list in case of cancellation by another patient. its always worked for me.

You might want to call your insurance and your surgeon on this.

I have BCBS and my supervised diet was completed with the monthly weigh-ins and consultations with my surgeon.

I did not have to see a seperate nutritionist. Every insurance is different with the requirments though- I have several people who's insurance requirements were the same as mine.

I have Aetna and I have to meet with the nutritionist and trainer monthly. Luckily, my surgeon's office has them on staff! Last appointment is Nov 11. Hopefully, we can submit to insurance and get a surgery date after that!

I have Aetna and it just mentions I need to have multidisciplinary care for 3 months including nutritionist, MD, and psychologist. Doesn't state how many visits of each are needed, etc. So my surgeon said his first visit with me can count as day 1 because it fulfills the requirement. Hoping it goes relatively easy when it is submitted.

Thank you all for your help, mine does not specify how many visits either ...I'm a little concerned I will be denied if I only go once but its so hard to get appointments

Also I keep hearing some people say that I might be denied if I lose weight in my three month period? Are any of you losing weight on ur diet?

I have Cigna open access plus and my requirements were 90 days of a supervised diet. It could have been with my PCP or a nutritionist...Cigna would have accepted either. And mine was a mindful eating program with walking.