IA Medicaid question!!!

Hey OH fam...ok so this may be a silly question, but I am just wondering if anyone here recently has had WLS using Iowa Medicaid as your insurance?  I found out I have to do a 6 month supervised diet and am wondering if I can get out of it anyway or if its mandatory??  I know sometimes there are little underlying lines people can find that can will let them do something alternative, you just have to look for them??  Any feedback would be helpful! Thanks!

If you have a lot of different weight loss attempts but they are just not documented if I were you I would appeal the denial.  You will be able to present your case with ALL the things you have done to an administrative law judge.  I am an case worker for Medicaid and I have seen it work.

Thanks for your advice Kelly!

Hi Kelly,I too have a similar problem.I started the WLS in Jan. 08 i was told I needed a  6 month supervised  diet but wasn't exactly sure what it  deailed. so my dr, as i have been seeing her  for years  for weight control and diet pills etc..So in Jan.I had my  seminar and started the procedure.Dr.Glas**** asked for certain testing  to start, ekg, upper  gi etc..Done that.. it started in Feb. my  reg. Dr. set this up at my local hospital.....But I did not see   her in FEb. in march she was  not  exactly sure what Dr. Glas**** really needed for  insurance. they said  6 month consecutive months..( so I missed Feb. had to start over. Now it  will not be till August If i"m lucky..I've been doing as told but have     gained #2 since all this started. can that  extra month (Feb.) be waived.?)If so Please  tell me..I think the  stress of  starting over  is what  made me   gain..SleepinDove6

im sitting at the SAME problum the 6 month diet.. im 22 and im 423lbs and im suffering from blackouts, high blood pressure, shortness of breath, sleep apnea, joint pains, GERD, and lower back pain... if there was a way around this diet it be well worth it cause this is my last hope