Att: SHBP Cigna Members!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There are NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR WLS
You now have to complete a 3-12 week Weight Management Coaching Program. This is in addition to the 6 mos diet!!!
I signed up today.
Please sign up asap.
Call customer service with any questions 1-800-633-8519. Ask for the shbp customer service line.
If anyone knows of any other updates please share. I don't want to get to the last minute and find out I missed something.
**** I AM AN OH SUPPORT GROUP LEADER ****
WHY I CHOSE DS: No dumping. Highest percentage of weight loss, Best long term results, Won't regain weight! Eat normal sized meals, 96% diabeties, 90% high blood pressure, 80% sleep apnea cured. I 
MY DS!
My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four unless there were three other people. ~Orson Wells
Can they add new requirements on after you've already started the process? What if you're a week from surgery and they add something else? This is scary.
Has anyone heard of any other changes?
**** I AM AN OH SUPPORT GROUP LEADER ****
WHY I CHOSE DS: No dumping. Highest percentage of weight loss, Best long term results, Won't regain weight! Eat normal sized meals, 96% diabeties, 90% high blood pressure, 80% sleep apnea cured. I MY DS!
My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four unless there were three other people. ~Orson Wells
6 mos M.D. Supervised diet
Psych eval
Nutritionist eval
online weight mgmt coaching program
approval from pcp
Have they added anything else?
**** I AM AN OH SUPPORT GROUP LEADER ****
WHY I CHOSE DS: No dumping. Highest percentage of weight loss, Best long term results, Won't regain weight! Eat normal sized meals, 96% diabeties, 90% high blood pressure, 80% sleep apnea cured. I MY DS!
My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four unless there were three other people. ~Orson Wells
Here is the website to sign up:
https://my.cigna.com/corp/html/mycigna.jsp
Did you speak w/ a shbp rep or a regular rep?
**** I AM AN OH SUPPORT GROUP LEADER ****
WHY I CHOSE DS: No dumping. Highest percentage of weight loss, Best long term results, Won't regain weight! Eat normal sized meals, 96% diabeties, 90% high blood pressure, 80% sleep apnea cured. I MY DS!
My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four unless there were three other people. ~Orson Wells
When I asked them about the coaching program, I was told I had to sign up for telephone coaching.
