Anyone out there have state Medicaid and in the fast track for surgery due to medical necessity? I have pseudotumor cerebri and am wondering if anyone has ever gotten approved in three months? My dr said that's the fastest track

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I got approved through state medicaid. My program required 6 months of visits but my insurance approved me in less than a week.

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Yes my insurance requires 6 months. How did you get approved faster? Do you have a condition that required it to be medically necessary?

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No pre existing issues. I think it was just how my insurance works...I live in mass and their insurance programs are really no hastle

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No pre existing issues. I think it was just how my insurance works...I live in mass and their insurance programs are really no hastle

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Ok I understand I live in Indiana and have hip insurance thanks for the info

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I Have State Medicaid They Paid 100% &' I Just Had To Do Preop Testing Then Surgery In Two weeks

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Yes my insurance requires 6 months. How did you get approved faster? Do you have a condition that required it to be medically necessary?

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Medicare does this to save money. It would be better if the government gave a crap about health since education would improve long term out comes. More and more surgeons are requiring pre op education regardless of insurance requirements.

One of the reason we are fat is that we don't want wait for what we want, sometimes waiting a while is a good thing.

In washington, even if you have ptc they won't let you fast track with state programs. Even if the insurance tells you it's possible, the surgeon will push you out so that you get the full 6 months of education. My comorbitity is ptc and I'm on month 7 because of the holidays.

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