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Good Morning All!

So I have BCBS North Carolina and from my understanding it says 6 month waiting period for surgery. Curious if everyone else was the same or not.

TIA

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7 minutes ago, MysticHippie said:

Good Morning All!

So I have BCBS North Carolina and from my understanding it says 6 month waiting period for surgery. Curious if everyone else was the same or not.

TIA

I had to do 6 months, with nutrition classes and a visit with a shrink. It's pretty normal.

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Medicare also required 6 months of nutition visits to show a commitment to losing weight.

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Yup. I have Anthem BCBS and had to do 6 monthly nutrition sessions, along with a psych evaluation. From when I first had my consultation with surgeon to the day of surgery it was 10 months.

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2 hours ago, Colorado Cowgirl said:

Medicare also required 6 months of nutition visits to show a commitment to losing weight.

I just had my surgery and had Medicare and had to do 5 in a 4 month period. I also, gained 8 pounds in 8 months. I'm not sure how.

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Actually I have Unitedhealthcare Medicare Advantage. That may be the difference.

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40 minutes ago, Colorado Cowgirl said:

Actually I have Unitedhealthcare Medicare Advantage. That may be the difference.

I have UHC as well. Weird that they have different requirements. Maybe because we are different states? Have you had your surgery yet? Mine took almost 8 months due to the holidays.

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I just did on April 1st. I started the process last June but it took forever to get medical records from a former doctor.

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20 hours ago, johnedwin said:

i had to go through 6 months for my insurance had to get a endoscopy heart exam and psyche exam

me too thru UHC

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I have blue cross in North Carolina and they told me I have to have a 12 month supervised weight loss check ups kinda thing. I see a lot about 6 month waiting periods. Am I missing some important information?

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