insurance, please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Is there anyone, i mean anyone out there that has/had United Healthcare that was approved for Lapband surgery? I live in Georgia, and am curious because i was told that a lot of insurance companies will not support this surgery,because they feel as though this type of surgery is still relatively new. Even if there is/was someone out there that was denied, please email me with some information in reference to this. Please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for all your support Maria

I would call them and ask directly. Be sure to ask if it is a covered benefit under the terms of YOUR plan. Meaning, does your employer specifically exclude Lapband. For instance, I have Cigna. I was told that bariatric surgery is excluded under many plans and unless it was excluded from MY benefit plan, I had certain criteria to meet to be covered, but only for certain surgeries and LapBand is one of them. I later found out that there is pre-certification required, and all kinds of documentation and information that they want from a "team" of medical professionals. Plus a list of other stuff, and the 26 weeks of physician supervised weight loss documented... I am working on it!! Anyway, I was trying not to be long winded. The short answer is: find out what is covered by calling your insurance company directly. ~Lisa

You may get a better response if you post your message here: http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/LapBand/posts.html This is where most of the bandster post . Good luck.

I know of two employees at my work who were approved for Lap with United. Both had surgery last Fall and are doing well.