Health Partners?

I saw Dr. Kelly last Wednesday for my final step in the pre approval process.

He said he was going to sent the authorization into my insurance company in the next few days, and of course the anxiety is killing me.

I know these things take time, but how long did it take for you to hear if you were approved or not?

I heard that HP is pretty good about approving the surgery if all the criteria is met, and I have met all the criteria.  I am just so nervous that something is going to go wrong.  Until I get the final ok from them I am going to be on pins and needles.

It did not take long for HP to respond to the request when my surgeon's office submitted it.  HP was my secondary insurance, though.  They do ask that you participate in several weeks of telephone education prior to surgery, though.  They are pretty pushy about it but I ended up doing very little of it.

I've already finished the first half of my phone courses from HP, and the rest are to be completed after surgery.

I did get a call from HP today saying they did receive my info from the surgeon, and they should have an answer in 1-3 days.

 

These 1-3 days are going to kill me!  I worry constantly about being denied.

It took two and a half weeks from my surgeon's appoinment until I received the call from the clinic.  I'm sure what day they actually submitted.

Congratulations on making it through the preliminary hoops.  You're really close now and the time will fly by!  Best of luck to you!

I also have health partners insurance as well but hcmc is taking their sweet ole time reviewing my psych eval so it can be submitted to insurance and i was told that they dont take that long to approve once they recieve the paperwork about 7-10 business days.

Well HP has 14 business days to approve or deny surgery, it took them 6 business days to approve mine..that was last month...i know the pins and needles feeling trust me....you can call HP everyday...they are very very nice and the can tell you on the phone your status.
Good luck to you, and I am so sure you will be approved!!

So they approved you no problem?  I hope that happens for me!

My approval took 10 business days from the date they said they faxed it. It took about 3 business days from then that HP had the claim in their system and they were actively working on the approval. I called about every 3rd day to check on the claim.

Stacy

Thanks for the responses everyone!
I hope I get an approval from them soon!
I dont know about you guys, but waiting is absolutely the worst part!

What is your Health Partners care type?  I have Health Partners also, and I'm just curious if they even will cover it.