What does this mean?

Like I got my psych. clearance on Tuesday, and today the lap band doctors office called and said "well we got your psych. approval, you are a qualified candidate, but you are missing a nutritional consultation."

I have the nutritional consultation under control, but what does the qualified candidate mean? Does this only have meaning w/ the doctor, or will it help with my insurance?

It means that the psychologist or social worker has o.ked you to have surgery.

To be a qualified canidate you must fufill all your duties with the psych , and nutritionalist. You must also have a Bmi of usually over 35, and have tried multiple other ways to lose weight. They basically want to make sure that you have the ability to be successful in this . Good luck to you!

Some insurances, like mine, consider a "qualified candidate" one who has a medical issue because of weight in additition to what the other posters have mentioned. Like diabietes, hypertension, bad knees (ones that need replacing), ect.