Dr Overcash anyone????

My surgeon is Dr Overcash. I chose him after looking at his stats, surgery history, and some other factors. I've already had my consult with him and am now at the stage of gathering some documents together for his office to submit to Tricare.

I was just curious of what your experience was like with his office because I have come to the conclusion that the surgeon's office is a big part of whether or not you get approved......

I got approved in 3 days from Tricare with his office (once I had everything they required done/together of course)

Hey!!! Thanks for replying to me. Would you tell me what you gave to his office to submit to Tricare?? Thank you,

He had a whole list of things...lab work, letters from my family, letter from my PCM,  psych consult, cardiac stress test (cause I'm over 40), medical record from 5 years ago showing my weight then, list of diets with proof and results (I had been on Jenny Craig in the recent year and had that contract).,,,  Once I got all that turned in they submitted the package and that was it.

I do not know anything about Dr. Overcash -- but Tricare is usually pretty easy to work with.  As long as you meet the criteria, approvals usually do not take long. Red

I had my surgery in Oct. 2006 with Dr. Overcash.   They are really good about having the paperwork together before sending it to the insurance for approval.   I have BC/BS State Employee plan and I had my approval in about 24 hours.......  I have heard TriCare is even better than what I have :) Feel free to keep in touch if you want to I live in Palm Coast about an hour from  you : ) Margo Marie

Hello, I had surgery with Overcash Nov. 06. I am very happy with him, he's tough & I have grown over the months to really like that about him. He's a great guy & he will do a great job!!! Email me if ya wanna talk:  [email protected] It took me awhile to get approved, I had my 1st consult appt with him 1/06 & had surgery 11/06, but I had Aetna & they were a nightmare. Good Luck to You, You made a wise choice with Overcash!!

My husband had surgery with Dr. O in Oct. '02. We had BCBS HMO at that time and he was one of the few surgeons they would allow. I had surgery with him in 06/06. Our insurance had changed by then, and although I checked out surgeons here in Jacksonville, I decided that I like Dr. Overcash better. My sister had surgery with him in March. We all had different insurances, which each had it's own criteria, but the office staff was great at making sure they had everything that our particular insurance required. You've picked a great surgeon!

Crystal

Dr. Overcash is one of the Leading Top Docs in Florida, and does have the highest success rate of patients who maintain the weight loss after 5 years and above. That is why is he tough with his patients after surgery. He wants us to learn better eating habits and stick with it. He doesn't just want you to have the surgery and go about your business - he wants you to succeed at keeping the weight off and his record shows it as well. We have an online support group at www.health.groups.yahoo.com/group/floridabariatricenterwlssu pportgroupocala  that group covers Orlando, Jacksonville, Ocala, NC and where his patients come from...get connected to our group. I had United Healthcare at the time and I got approved in 14 days. To this day I don't regret the surgery, nor having OC as my doc!! It'll be tough in the beginning with all the things that you need to stay away from but eventually it gets better.