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Hello I am wanting this surgery, but wondering how united healthcare approves this type of surgery. :help:

HI. I have UHC, but what you have to know is whether your particular policy covers it. For example, the insurance at my employment covers WLS for full time people, but not for part time people. If it does cover, whatever restrictions are there could be different from one employer's contract to another. For example, mine disallows almost everything except for RNY (I want DS, not RNY). The requirements are 100lbs overweight OR BMI of 35 with 2 life-threatening comorbs ( diabetes, sleep apnea, heart disease/hypertension) or 40 with no co-morbs, and a history of dieting with no success at weight loss. You definitely have to check your insurance book and/or talk with your HR person. I have seen where people reported here that UHC approved them with no troubles at all. I've also seen where UHC totally denied them, but they didn't say whether the policy had exclusions against WLS. Denise in Ark

Deanna, Could you please email me privately I was looking for your email but couldn't find it. Mine is [email protected]. I am from Jonesboro also. I used Dr. Woodman and regret it so much! Not because of the surgical experience but because of his attitude and his demeanor. BTW, love that new mall too! Did you know its a mile in length and if you walk it from target to dillards and back its two miles? Very interesting info.. hehe Hope to hear from you, Amy

My wife and I both had our rny surgeries in Batesville with Doc Lambert. We had uhc and they were pretty good. They are kind of ditzy. They lost all my original paperwork but I resubmitted and kept bugging them and got approval. My wife had her surgery six months are mine and uhc did not give her any problems and they paid pretty good. It does depend on how your individual policy reads. If wls is not excluded they will pay. You might want to call Doc Lambert they have an excellent program in Batesville and White River Medical Center is a very good hospital. They treated my wife and I wonderfully.

I have UHC and my surgergy was not covered. Look at your policy and see if weight loss surgergy is listed as an exclusion if it is then it's not covered. I had heard UHC did cover, but later realized it all depends on your specific policy. Hope this helps.