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So I'm fairly new to BP hello everyone! I'm in the process of trying to get approved for sleeve surgery by the end of this year, good news is my surgeons office sent off my information this past Friday bad news is now I gotta wait lol I have Blue Shield of California Does anyone know the average time they take to approve or deny?

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BCBS of NC took one day.

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I know I was shocked. Fingers crossed..

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Hi Britney!

I am also new to both the forum and the process! My company is switching over to Blue Shield of California next month. I have my consultation with a surgeon tomorrow!

What were your requirements for approval with Blue Shield? Was a physician supervised diet required? If so, for how long? I am super excited to start the journey but am also worried because I am in the running for a new job sometime next year, meaning my insurance will be changing AGAIN and I want to have the surgery beforehand so I don't have to keep restarting supervised diets.

Anyway, congrats on your new approval! How are you feeling post surgery!?

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Hi Josallyn, Welcome! Congrats on your new upcoming journey! Well I went throughout a doctor that participates with West medical and all I needed was 3 month supervised diet (I did 6months just to be sure), a visit with psychiatrist, and a nutrition appointment, that's pretty much it and just trying to stay in the same weight bracket. Blue shield is fast for approval and they are efficient I will say that! Thank you I feel great! I'm down 25lbs but it's different getting use to eating and learning how much you can and can not eat. Overall I definitely feel like I made a great decision, how everything goes well for you!

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