Just left my soon-to-be surgeons office. I am using Dr. Dewitt in Birmingham. He is sending all the info to BCBS tomorrow. Hopefully the approval/denial will come fast so I can get on with the next step whatever that is. I guess now the waiting game begins and that part may drive me nuts

Edited February 17, 200917 yr by fiddlenut

Good luck to you. I hope all goes well.

I wish you a speedy approval. BCBS seems to be one of the better ones as for approvals so I'm predicting good news from you in a few days. :->

Thanks a bunch guys. For the last few months I have been weighing and getting all other insurance requirements together and I guess it never dawned on me that I would finally get to the end of that process. Sounds kind of silly I know but everything is just becoming very real, very fast and it is exciting. I think somewhere down deep inside I wasn't expecting to hear the words "I'll send everything to BCBS tomorrow and then we can get down to scheduling your surgery" Looking soooooo forward to it.:thumbup:

Good Luck. I can't wait to be in your shoes. I still have 3 more weigh ins. Everything should be ready for submission May 1st.

Just left my soon-to-be surgeons office. I am using Dr. Dewitt in Birmingham. He is sending all the info to BCBS tomorrow. Hopefully the approval/denial will come fast so I can get on with the next step whatever that is. I guess now the waiting game begins and that part may drive me nuts

I used Dr DeWitt also. I had my surgery on Feb 6th. I really like him and his staff. They have been wonderful. My out of pocket at the hospital was greater than I expected, but that is not Dr DeWitt's fault. I go hopefully for my 1st fill on Feb 19th.

I am in Alabama too. Where is your doctor? I am going to St Vincent's East. I have to do the 6 months of Dr visits before I get to get banded, but I am very excited about it.

Dr. Dewitt is at Princeton Medical Center in Birmingham. I had to jump through all the hoops also but I am so glad I did. Almost there!

I'm trying to collect all of my information as well. I'm having trouble getting the letter from my doctor. He said he would write it, but it's been a month. I call the office at least once a week and it doesn't seem to be helping. They moved into a new office, but I think they are just using it as an excuse to get me off the phone. I thought that after a month I would have it. I get my psych eval later in two weeks. What do you all think I should do about my doctors letter?

liquid, I had to call my dr. everyday for 2 weeks and they finally called me this afternoon and said it was ready. I don't know if my bugging them helped, but i don't think it hurt either (I was nice about it).

YAY!!! Finally got the approval today! Seems like it took forever! Now I can get on to becoming a real bandster:lol:

congratulation:thumbup: and hopefully I can become a real bandster in a couple of weeks:smile:

I just got my referral today and I am scheduled for the informational seminar on Wed. I am just wondering how long did it take to get the psyhc eval, the nutritional consult and everything else before you submitted to the insurance I have tricare prime.

I had the Psych eval, Nutritionist, and EKG all ran on the same day. It took a couple of days for the psychologist to get her notes to Dr. Dewitts office but the EKG was faxed over that same day. They submitted everything the very next day.

I went to seminar today and got the what to do next packet. I have to take the computer test and schedule my psyhc eval. I have to make another appt. with my PMC to get some labs and a few letters stating I am drug and alcohol free and able to go through the surgery without complications.