Hi,

just seeing anyone else in WA kaiser is currently going through the program. I talked to my pcp in Jan for the referral. Took a full month to get an answer and approval to the bariatric in bellevue. Then it took till the beginning of April to get the bariatric to even schedule me for orientation. Which isn’t even till may 10th. So to even just do the 1.5 hr zoom orientation about what the program is took 4 months from when my pcp sent the referral. Anyone else going through this? Or has recently and can give me an idea on a time line to expect.

damn that is sooo stupid it takes so long. reminds me of mine i went for my first surgeon consult on December 14th and one of the test they ordered was a psyc evalucation, Next available appointment wasnt until March 4th. Good luck! i hope you get thru it, Waiting is a pain.

It’s annoying because I have already paid my deductible for the year and at this rate itll be next year before I finish the required 6 months the insurance requires of weight loss attempts before they approve me for surgery.

I have Kaiser WA and have my first provider seminar 1/27/23 and pray I get the surgery by summer 2023 ??