St. V's ???

I am asking for a friend who is wanting to have surgery. She works for the state and will be retiring in 6 months. She was going to go to my surgeon since he is close to home but they have taken on a strict 6 month policy even if you are already approved they make you wait. St V's is in network for her and she was wondering if anyone knows their policy and how quickly they got their surgery. She knows the insurance will approve her from all of her issues and other people with the same insurance that have been approved. She is just wondering a time line. Thanks Tina

I work for the state, and was supposed to have to have a six month supervised diet, but got approved before I was even halfway through. I started the diet in July, got approved in the beginning of October, and had surgery in November. Linda Vicory

I mailed my surgery request in to my insurance on jan 10, got approved feb 3, and had surgery march 1st. so if her insurance has approved it and can get a letter to heather at st v's it should go pretty fast fo rher assuming they arent overly booked

Tina, I'm not certain that St. V's has any kind of required waiting period. The 6 month physician supervised diet is a requirement of most insurance companies, but not surgeons/hospitals. If the insurance approves you and you would make a good candidate, I think that's all they care about. I had my surgery within 2 months of insurance approval. Sherri

I work for the state too and I had my approval in 1 week but I had proof pf trying previously... they didnt question my proof and it wasnt that recent... Linda

I don't work for the state and didn't have my surgery at St. V's. Mine was at St. Francis in Indianapolis. I was approved in one week and had the surgery scheduled for 2 mos later. I could have had it in 2 weeks but I had some vacations planned. I was not required to do anything prior. My family physician's records showed that I had seen a nutritionist in the past and that I was prescribed Xenecal and guess that's all they needed. Is the State self insured? I was originally with BCBS and they denied me and a lot of the people I work with. I switched carriers to United Healthcare on 1/1/07 and was approved on 1/10. I had my surgery on 3/14. Judy

After I got my approval from my insurance, I had my surgery about 1 month later.