Does anyone know what the Arkansas Medicaid Guidelines to be approved for the Gastric...

I have been trying for months now with nothing coming up I have called and I get put on hold and three hours later I get cut off I can no longer afford to sit in cold laundry mat and try. I am gonna go to mother in laws and sit and do it but I wish they would just answer me one way or the other I know this has been probely posted a 1000 times but here is 1001 sorry ya'll Any advice or information would be greatly appreciated thanks

I don't know if this will be helpful or not, but if you go to http://www.obesityhelp.com/morbidobesity/members/list-insurers.php?State=AR&alphaPos=M you can scroll down to those others who've used medicaid. Anyway, from the ones I read those who got approval, most saw a doctor first and they handled all the paperwork. I know Dr. Jones used to take medicaid (in late 2005) http://www.obesityhelp.com/morbidobesity/bariatric+surgeon+profile+K+Bruce+Jones+MD+jr.html Well anyway, good luck and hope this helps!

Thanks so very much I went through them and they were in late 2005 and I am so happy that I could read all those and it made me feel alot better and again thanks for the advice it is greatly appreciated.

I had my surgery in Bateville with Doc Lambert. I am sure he takes medicaid. They are doing wls in Springfileld but I dont know if they take out of state medicaid. You could come to our support group meetings on the second monday of each month at 5 30 pm at St JOhns outpaitent surgery building next to the hospital. I lived in West Plains Missouri when I had my surgery with Doc Lambert. My wife had her wls six months after me with Doc Lambert. We were both very pleased and have not had any major problems. He is a great surgeon. There are a lot of surgeons doing wls in Little Rock too. They do surgeries in Jonesboro too but I dont like the hospitals there myself.

Thanks so much I just got his number and called it they are sending some information packages to look at so I can decide what I want or need done they are really nice there thanks again

Medicaid guidelines state that you must have 12 of the last 18 months of doctor supervised dieting. Medicaid will give you a prior approval which is a good thing. If you go with Dr. Lambert talk with Betty Willette. You must have the letter of necessity and it must state that you have dieted under your doctor for that long. If you don't, they won't pay. Also, you must meet the criteria of BMI and co-morbidities. I went with Dr. Clay Wellborn in Little Rock. He is wonderful and would recommend him to anyone. Suzan his wife is the office manager, and could help you. Their website is www.arkansasobesitysurgery.com They will help you with anything you need, and they go beyond what others do for you. Also, feel free to email me anytime! Good luck!

I hope you have had some success since your posting. I used Dr. Lambert in Batesville, AR he and his staff are wonderful. They took care of my insurance paperwork, I had medicaid at the time of my procedure. The pre and post care from his clinic is impeckable. I have nothing but good things to say about them. He gave me my life back.