Waiting on Insurance Approval...How Long Did It Take For An Answer?
I, too, had BC/BS PPO, and it was about a week and a half for me to get notification from them that I was approved. But everyone is different, of course. A lot depends on what they required for you to accomplish pre-op and the results of that. I was required to do a 3-month doctor supervised diet before I could submit my paperwork. Good luck!!!
I had BCBS IL PPO at the time, and I heard back in less than 24 hours.
I follow a ketogenic diet post-op. I also have a diagnosis of binge eating disorder. Feel free to ask me about either!
It is not that we have so little time but that we lose so much...the life we receive is not short but we make it so; we are not ill provided but use what we have wastefully. -- Seneca, On the Shortness of Life
Insurance called me before they called the doctor, which was sort of funny. :)
I follow a ketogenic diet post-op. I also have a diagnosis of binge eating disorder. Feel free to ask me about either!
It is not that we have so little time but that we lose so much...the life we receive is not short but we make it so; we are not ill provided but use what we have wastefully. -- Seneca, On the Shortness of Life
In my case we did all of the pre-op stuff and I saw the surgeon immediately before approval. I am 100% neurotic and showed up at my surgeon's office with like 500 pages of notes on the DS and VSG... I am surprised he hasn't killed me yet, lol.
I had a PPO at the time so all tests were automatically approved which was basically amazing. So by the time they submitted the approval I'd already seen the surgeon, had the pulmonology, cardiac, and psych clearances. My surgeon's office was super on point. I decided to get the surgery after talking to my PCP in March, saw the surgeon maybe a month later, had surgery that june. Probably would've been faster. I spent more time waiting to see the darn lung and heart doctors (they had six week waits which was crazy) than anything. My bariatric center is awesome. I can't believe how fabulous the staff there is.
I follow a ketogenic diet post-op. I also have a diagnosis of binge eating disorder. Feel free to ask me about either!
It is not that we have so little time but that we lose so much...the life we receive is not short but we make it so; we are not ill provided but use what we have wastefully. -- Seneca, On the Shortness of Life
