End of my pre op, now the waiting begins. Insurance approved or denied!?

[lgredvig 18]

I am at the end of my pre op requirements. I did 6 months of a supervised diet, a psych eval. Saw a nutritionist and spoke with a exercise physiologist. My weight loss center has sent over my information to my insurance today and I am a nervous wreck !! How long did it take everyone else to hear back from BCBS ? What were some of your requirements ?

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[lifeasfaith 48]

I am at the end of my pre op requirements. I did 6 months of a supervised diet, a psych eval. Saw a nutritionist and spoke with a exercise physiologist. My weight loss center has sent over my information to my insurance today and I am a nervous wreck !! How long did it take everyone else to hear back from BCBS ? What were some of your requirements ?
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My insurance requirements are minimal. I have to pass a psych eval (done) see a exercise therapist (scheduled) and a dietician (scheduled) then follow up once with each of them two weeks after my first initial appt with them (already scheduled) then I'm ready to submit! That is all my insurance requires. No weigh-ins or supervised visits/diets etc. From my first appt with my surgeon to my surgery date should be approx 3 months.

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[Jazzy1125 1,008]

Good Luck to you!

[KCgirl061 1,529]

There are so many branches of BCBS it’s hard to tell. But mine came back in less than 24 hours. Hopefully you don’t have to wait long!

[Debbi Moore 38]

I am hoping your insurance experiance is better then me.

I have BCBS too out of Illinois. They denied my first claim in Sept, and my appeal in November.. I had to appeal to the state and they over turned the verdict In January.
It took 5 months, and I was nervous wreck, but everything is over no more hoops to jump through.



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[lgredvig 18]

I am hoping your insurance experiance is better then me.

I have BCBS too out of Illinois. They denied my first claim in Sept, and my appeal in November.. I had to appeal to the state and they over turned the verdict In January.
It took 5 months, and I was nervous wreck, but everything is over no more hoops to jump through.



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Oh my goodness. I'm sorry you had to go through so much hassle. I am trying to stay positive but it's so hard to tell what the insurance will do ! [emoji4] [emoji4]

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[Debbi Moore 38]

You will be fine. I had no issues when I first had my lapband done. Got my ok un a week. But that was 2013.

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[lgredvig 18]

My insurance requirements are minimal. I have to pass a psych eval (done) see a exercise therapist (scheduled) and a dietician (scheduled) then follow up once with each of them two weeks after my first initial appt with them (already scheduled) then I'm ready to submit! That is all my insurance requires. No weigh-ins or supervised visits/diets etc. From my first appt with my surgeon to my surgery date should be approx 3 months.

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That doesn't seem too bad !! Did you already get your approval !?? How exciting !! (:

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[lgredvig 18]

There are so many branches of BCBS it’s hard to tell. But mine came back in less than 24 hours. Hopefully you don’t have to wait long!

I've read that everyones BCBS is a little different. I'm in Ohio and I haven't read much about approval time here yet. I'll try not to get too anxious about it hahaha

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[Reina73 18]

3 hours ago, lgredvig said:

I am at the end of my pre op requirements. I did 6 months of a supervised diet, a psych eval. Saw a nutritionist and spoke with a exercise physiologist. My weight loss center has sent over my information to my insurance today and I am a nervous wreck !! How long did it take everyone else to hear back from BCBS ? What were some of your requirements ?

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It took me about a 10 days to hear back and get my surgery date. Good luck let us know what they say.

[anonbaribabe 236]

I was required to do a 6 month supervised diet, psych eval, and PCP clearance. Once they received my paperwork (this took 3 days), I was approved in a day.