Check, check, and check

Initial consult - check  (2/11/08/Dr. Schweitzer-JHBayview) Psych eval - check (4/1/08/Carol Drury) Nutritional consult - check (4/8/08/Margaret Furtado-JHBayview) Insurance submission - check (4/9/08) Now I wait for feedback from the insurance companies (BlueCross/BlueShield [Federal Gov't program] AND TriCare) I sure hope that there is nothing that impedes my "It's A Go!" decision. Wish me luck, everyone. By the way, my Nut consult was yesterdat at JHBayview with Margaret....truly a wonderful person.  VERY knowledgeable and EXTREMELY personable, and TOTALLY professional.  I am so happy to have been scheduled with her.

Good luck and fingers crossed for an approval!!  Hopefully you won't have to wait long!

Here's hoping for a speedy and positve reply! Best wishes as your WLS journey continues! Hugs, Mo

Good luck!!!   I hope you get your approval quickly. Keep us posted!

Best of luck! I had BCBS Federal at the time of my surgery and it all went VERY smoothly - I hope your insurance dealings go as easily as mine did!  Caryn

I am so excited to hear of your smooth BC/BS Federal process.  I can only hope that mine also goes as painlessly. All of my paperwork was supposed to be sent from my surgeon's office to the insurance company yesterday.  I will call tomorrow to see if it was sent, and then call BC/BS tFederal o see if it was received next week sometime. If you don't mind sharing, how long did it take BC/BS Federal to approve you?  I know that my surgeon's schedule is currently booked up until mid-June sometime.  I am just so anxious to get my RNY over and done with.

I don't mind sharing at all.   I actually changed my insurance with the January open enrollment to a plan that covered WLS with a BMI over 40 only.  (To BC BS Federal).  And my surgery was March 6th.  So in 3 months,I started a new insurance plan, went to pre-op seminars, met the nutritionist, had all of the pre-op tests, got it approved, and had surgery.   My group (Sinai) has also said at their pre-op seminars that Federal BC BS is a pretty easy one to work with for this! Caryn

I, too, just switched over to BC/BS Federal in January when I got married.  Obviously, I've not been with them for very long.  Seeing your like cir****tances encourages me very much.  Kowing that you got approved in such short order hopefully means that I'll get approved quickly, too. I was thinking that if I had a snag with BC/S Federal would be because I am such a new patient to them.