Emory Bariactrics ??

i was wondering if anyone on here went through them to get their surgery if so how do they go about doing it. some places want u to get all ur clearences before u have a appointment with the surgeon. how do they do it?

I did all of my pre-op at Emory last year. The first step was to attend their seminar. I attended last June and it too****il December 30 to complete the 3 month diet and all the pre-op testing.

You'll have an initial meeting with the surgeon sometime during your supervised diet, then another meeting with him/her after insurance approval. Before your second visit with the surgeon, though, you will have to pay a $600 non-refundable program fee for the nutritionist and lifetime support group.

Emory won't submit paperwork to insurance until after you see the surgeon.

oh ok thanks for the response. $600 is a lot of money what kind of insurence did you have, hoe come they cant pay it

no my insurance didn t pay for that. but emory tells you some insurance s will.  You cant schedule surgery either til they get their cash. 
they do probably have the least expensive program fee. and they are good to get things thru to your insurance, but  who else might your insurance let you use?

I have Aetna and was told by Emory that they do not file insurance for the program fee. The surgeon I'm using now does not charge a program fee, but he is out-of-state.

well i have medicaid and i called to make sure that they accept it and they do so thats where ill be goin i was usin dr.duncan but i really dont like the way the office staff there works

I truly understand your decision to dump the Duncan crew.  Who else in Georgia accepts Medicaid?  I agree that $600.00 is alot of money to come up with at one time.

I had surgery through them and have only compliments for everyone involved.  You will see a wonderful physician three times. She specializes in bariatrics and can answer many questions you might be thinking you'd ask your surgeon.  The nutrition and motivation meetings are amazingly helpful too. I just wrote about $$ on the VSG forum. 
Good luck in all you do!