My doc says it should take 2-3 weeks for approval to come back. Is this a general timeline that they tell everyone or does it usually happen sooner? I’m so excited and anxious

It depends on the insurance. Some are 24 hours , others are a couple of days.


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15 hours ago, HERnewlife said:

My doc says it should take 2-3 weeks for approval to come back. Is this a general timeline that they tell everyone or does it usually happen sooner? I’m so excited and anxious

Definitely depends on the insurance. I called my insurance company as soon as I knew the drs office sent the paperwork. I wanted to be sure they received it. They said they had not, so I called the drs office who themselves called insurance. Drs office got back to me about an hour later saying I had been approved. That was all the same day. I'm convinced that if you call at each step things move along more rapidly. (I have nothing to support that theory other than my own experience. Hah!)

Be mindful that it's also the end of the year, so insurance providers are being inundated with paperwork for procedures before people's deductibles reset on Jan 1st. I have Blue Cross Blue Shield of IL, and my doc says they normally will turn around and give approval to shut and close cases like mine within a week. However, it took a little over a month to get my approval back. The contact at BCBS IL told my doc's office that because of it being 4th quarter, it was just taking longer to get through all of the paperwork. Hopefully that's not the case for you, but if it takes longer, don't stress about it! My doc still scheduled me for surgery because they knew they'd get the approval at some point beforehand.

Mine was 3 business days...

Definitely depends on the company. I found out in three business days as well.

My approval took 24 hours

Mine was 24 hours