In a few weeks to a month my surgeon's office will begin submitting insurance paperwork. Curious if anyone has experience with Anthem in IL and anything I should be aware of?

My PCP and therapist think it will be fairly painless due to my high BMI (currently around 70) and co-morbidities (hypertension, sleep apnea, and pre-diabetes). But after scouring through the forum, it rarely seems all that simple.

I too am hoping it will be simple. I have the same insurance. It is through my husband work. my family and my husband all seem to think it will go through with no problems and my doc did say that usually if they approve visits with him it usually goes through. I did check my insurance before I saw the doc to make sure I had bariatric benefits. the only thing I worry about is that it wont be at a blue distinction center. the insurance representative that I talked to said that the employer opted out of that rule so as long as I go somewhere in network it should be covered. I only hope it goes that easy