A total of 4 trips before the surgery.  1) Seminar 2) psychologist 3) pre op tests 4) nutrition class. Then of course for the surgery. Afterwards I plan on following up with surgeons office for a year then will probably start having my PCP order labs.

Insurance did not require it.  I also had a letter from my PCP stating that I had tried dieting for years and had failed.

So you did not need six months of supervised diet? Or had you already done that step?

I have Healthy Indiana Plan-Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield. I am scheduled for surgery at St. Vincent in Carmel on June 12.  I am 5'2" and 297 lbs, 46 yrs old, BMI is 54.3. I have GERD, sleep apnea, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and pre diabetic. I have a cpap and take meds for the other.  I am in Evansville.  I am having the duodenal switch with Dr. Inman. She is one of less than 100 in the world that does this type of surgery.  I encourage you to read everything you can on this surgery.  With all of the cormorbidities you have plus the high BMI I think this surgery would benefit you the most.  It has a higher percentage of getting rid of the hpb, sleep apnea, type 2 diabetes, and high cholesterol.  You will have quite a few vitamins to take every day forever.  You will also need to eat a lot of protein and fat every day.  Go to DSfacts.com and Bariatricfacts.org these 2 sites have so much information on the DS.

Also it took me less than 100 days from attending the surgeons seminar to date of surgery.

Hi I was wondering if anyone has had gastric bypass done while on Indiana anthem Medicaid. If so, what did you have to do and how hard was the process?