Hi everyone. I've been having problems with the scheduling at my surgeon's office and am disconcerted by their behavior. In a previous post here, I mentioned that there was an oddly long wait to get a date. I waited the entire time frame (plus a few days) that the scheduler gave me for her to call, and she did not call.

I contacted her today and she said I should expect a call in the next TWO weeks from today (well over a month from my approval). This is making me sick to my stomach as I am up against a deadline here to get the surgery. I mentioned this and it seemed to be brushed off.

Backstory aside, is there any way to contact my insurance company and try to see if they'll switch my approval/pre-authorization to another hospital? Does anyone know if this has been done before? Thank you!

Yes you can. Get the approval paperwork from the original doc and give to the new one. They will just have to resubmit but it should go through fine.

I don't know if this will save you time, but it can certainly be done as I had to do it because of a move.

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Yes you can. Get the approval paperwork from the original doc and give to the new one. They will just have to resubmit but it should go through fine.

I don't know if this will save you time, but it can certainly be done as I had to do it because of a move.

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Wow this is great news...thank you so much!