Dr. Prachand patients

How long did it take to get your initial appointment? Then surgery appointment.
I been told 6 months!!

Hello Pam!

Six months until you get a surgery appointment is pretty fast. Dependent upon your insurance coverage, there may also need the following time crunchers:

* Required Diet
* Required Weight Loss
* Diagnostic Testing

During your wait time, try to get a head start on your insurance's requirements.

Good Luck!

Thank You Wonkad, I will look into that.

I have Medicare for primary ins.

If anyone has used Medicare for WLS, I would be grateful for any info u could give me.

Pam

Take a look at the following link for more information http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/IL/3461375/MEDICAID-AND-ME DICARE-SURGEONS-LIST/

THANK YOU

Initial appointments occured just a few weeks after my application was submitted.  Official acceptance into the program took about 10 days from the evaluation appointments.  It was September/October 2008.  

Once my insurance approvals all came through I was able to schedule surgery within a few weeks back in March 2009.  Getting insurance company to approve took all the in-between time from October 2008 through February 2009.  (had to see several other specialists)

I've heard that for anyone with medicare/medicaid can take a LOT longer.  I think it's some kind of quota system - only so many patients with these insurers are accepted in any given time frame so the waiting list and times are very long.