Ok so what happens after the last visit? Do you wait to turn everything in then, does it take awhile for ins to approve? I know ins can take 30 days but do they? How does everyone get there dates before there done?

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After my last visit, my bariatric coordinator sent everything to insurance for approval. It took two days for my Cigna PPO insurance to get the information on file. I was approved on day 4. My surgery was scheduled after the approval for the following week.

I am not sure how people get scheduled before the approval but if it works for the office then that's great.

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We have UMR so I'm not sure how "quick" they are to get things approved. I have everything turned in checked a cpl days ago now just a visit next week n last 1 in May n ready to go! ???????????? I wish I could get a date early however I don't think the hospital I go to does that or the dr anyway. Thank you @@Momwith3minions

I had insurance approval after (with BC /BS federal guidelines ) after my first information session.... it's the medical/diagnostic hoops I had to jump through since Sept 2015...

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We have UMR so I'm not sure how "quick" they are to get things approved. I have everything turned in checked a cpl days ago now just a visit next week n last 1 in May n ready to go! [emoji4][emoji4][emoji38] I wish I could get a date early however I don't think the hospital I go to does that or the dr anyway. Thank you @@Momwith3minions

Wow Betterme38! We are on the exact same track! My 5th visit is also next week (4/11) and then the last one in May. All my pre-op testing is done. I'm getting SO excited!!

Mine is the 12th @@taracutch!! Thats crazy! We should so stay in touch

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Yes! Do you Facebook?

@@taracutch no I don't have fb, too much drama for me lol

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I've finished all my pre-ops, just waiting for my PCP to send my paperwork to the surgeon so they can submit. So much waiting and phone calls with no one calling back. Going on 3 weeks and counting..

@@craftygal77 I would be furious! I'm impatient anyway so I would have done took off work n visited the office lol

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I would be on them too! My surgeon won't schedule until my insurance approves so I won't have a date until the very last minute. It's killing me!!

Don't you hate that @@taracutch, pisses me off I wanna know already lol

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When I go on 4/11 I'm going to demand a date or at least some idea.

I can't demand anything yet lol I still have 1 visit after this one @@taracutch You do it though n let me know how it goes, I hope you get a date for sure

I can't really demand anything either because I have my last visit in May but I have to pinpoint a date so I can plan for time off etc. From what I've been reading BCBS is pretty fast so I'm hoping for a late May surgery.

Late May would be awesome! I may ask also cause we have Vaca the beginning of July so that would be great, time to heal then a getaway hell yeah lol.

I don't know how fast Umr is, don't see alot of people on here that have it, would be nice to know though ya know