Please help me find surgeon who accepts medicaid

I have been looking a good surgeon for two years who accepts the public aid card. I have found two but i just was not satisfied with them. Please help!

Here is a list of surgeons that I copied off of Debby G's profile. Hope this helps!! I was asked to add the current list of IL PA surgeons with some info about my approval. My surgeon required all my tests done before he would see me, so how long you get yours done is up to you, each surgeon has his own routine so how long this can take vary. I had everything done within 2 weeks!!! It took 3 weeks for my surgery consult. They submitted my pre auth. the next day. Public Aid came back 4 days later and said I was approved... ( dancing in the streets eating everything I knew I couldnt ever have again!!!) 4 weeks before my surgery date I was notified that my Psych eval was rejected because "I was not released for surgery"... So we re-wrote it and re-submitted it. Once PA actually got the psych eval I was approved ok. That was on Dec.10 (whew talk about cutting it close) Ok before I go on and on here is a list of known surgeons that take IL PA. If you find anyone else please let me know so I can update this list!!! ***New surgeon in Iowa Dr. Matt Glass**** Cedar Falls, IA 319-268-3994 getting IPA approval. If you call him and he has not received his IPA providership yet or they tell you NO they are not getting it please let me know so I can get him off this list. He's Tim's surgeon and Tim started out at 600lbs and was able to have it done Laproscopically.. HOW FANTASTIC IS THAT!!!! Dr. Shayani In maywood.... he only does the Lap Band and he requires you to go to one support group meeting then will schedule a consult he moves pretty fast. 708-327-2899 Dr. Maillefer Dekalb Clinic 217 Franklin Street Dekalb, Illinois 60115 815-758-8671 Dr. Oliphant in Urbana he moves slower you have to call his office for a packet fill it out send it back in and you'll hear from them for an appointment in a few months I think he's currently scheduling for January/February. 217-383-3240 RNY only The surgeons at the COMP clinic at SIU they require a $260 up front to cover things that medicaid wont ??? and then 10-20 for nutritionist appointments and support group costs too. (217) 545-COMP Open RNY only Dr. Frederick Tiesenga in River Forest. (708) 386-1078 He just started accepting public aid. To get into the consult with him you will have to go to an informational meeting and get a packet. In the packet will be papers for you to fill out. You will need an upper GI, Gallbladder U/S(If you still have it), Psych Eval, Sleep Study (IF NEEDED), nutritionist consult ($75 OOP) You also have to write an essay explaining how YOU think the surgery is and how it is going to go. You have to explain WHY you need the surgery. (This all gets sent to the insurance company) He is now doing only 2 IPA surgeries a month. There's a surgeon in Bloomington Indiana that just got Illinois Public Aid providership. His name is Dr. Bradley Ray 812-330-9962 LAP Band Only Psyc Eval _ you have to apply for a grant to pay for it, grant is based on income. Georgeann Russell 708 763 2120 Hinsdale Hospital Dr. Dillon (the surgeon currently doing wls does not) but he takes Medicare

I also forgot to add that I am from a western suburb of Chicago

My mother-in-law and I both will have surgery this summer. I have an PPO plan with IDPA secondary. She has IDPA only. We are seeing Dr. John Alverdy @ U of Chicago. The wait is a little longer to get an appt when you have Medicaid but when she called in December she was given a March date for her initial visit. They called her every two weeks moving the date closer. She had her first visit on Jan 12th.