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My surgeon sent in my packet for authorization on Friday evening and called me today (Monday) at 3 PM to tell me that they have received the insurance approval.

I'm spinning a bit because I was expecting a full two weeks for the insurance to approve my surgery after all the hoop jumping. Even though my surgeons office said it normally takes five days for her to get a decision because she contacts them regularly. I certainly wasn't expecting an approval within 24 business hours! Wow

All of this to just encourage everyone that it is possible to have things go smoothly and much more quickly than anticipated. For me, it was all thanks to patience, kindness, and a whole lot of phone calls to make sure everything was moving forward in each hoop

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Congrats to you! That's one less thing to worry about B)

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Congrats!! Mines was approved in 2days, I was told to expect 30🤔 I have preop testing/labs this Friday & see my surgeon on the 26th, then June 1st it is

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My surgeon sent in my packet for authorization on Friday evening and called me today (Monday) at 3 PM to tell me that they have received the insurance approval.
I'm spinning a bit because I was expecting a full two weeks for the insurance to approve my surgery after all the hoop jumping. Even though my surgeons office said it normally takes five days for her to get a decision because she contacts them regularly. I certainly wasn't expecting an approval within 24 business hours! Wow
All of this to just encourage everyone that it is possible to have things go smoothly and much more quickly than anticipated. For me, it was all thanks to patience, kindness, and a whole lot of phone calls to make sure everything was moving forward in each hoop


It's great huh? Do you have a date yet?[emoji6] My approval was so quick I had to refuse 1st date (26th) to prep n take off work

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26 minutes ago, Dametris said:


It's great huh? Do you have a date yet?emoji6.png My approval was so quick I had to refuse 1st date (26th) to prep n take off work

Sent from my S8+ using BariatricPal mobile appemoji41.png

Yes they set the date May 26th the same day they received my last clearance - the day before they submitted my docs for approval.

they told you to expect 30 days! Wow. In my state, insurance companies are legally required to take no longer than 14 days to make a decision.

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