Hi! I have surgery date of October 06, 2016. I'm super excited, but my only concern is that my surgeons office have not submitted the paperwork through to my insurance company.

Is this normal to schedule the surgery date without submitting to the insurance. I have Aetna and my coworker who has a larger bmi than I told me that her surgeon (different surgeon completely) was not able to get her approved. She was vague and mentioned that Aetna wanted her to wait another year to see how her weight held.

I was on a high now I just don't know! Thank you guys for all being super supportive! I don't have a great support system here but you all are so helpful!!! Thoughts?

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Edited September 9, 20169 yr by courtknee_luv

@@courtknee_luv Sometimes they give you a surgery date for a holding place so they can submit the paperwork (most authorization requests have to include a surgery date). I wouldn't go by what the coworker said - it sounds as though she's not telling you the entire story (maybe she didn't lose enough pre-op or gained during her supervised weight loss period). I wouldn't worry too much - hopefully there's a quick turnaround on your approval. Once you know the surgeon's office has submitted the request - wait a few days to call Aetna for a status. Don't hesitate to check up on it with both Aetna and the surgeon's office (confirm that they submitted it). Good luck!

Hope your surgery went well! This site was invaluable to me during my learning phase. Hmm. It's all been a learning phase. I'm 11 months out, 66, down 110 with 54 more to go. Life is so much better now!!

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