Questions for Dr.Moran's patients

I had my consult with Dr. Moran on Wed. (4/25). Everything went great and I "qualify" for surgery. so far. My question to you is, how long did it take to get a call back from the office with appointment dates? Secondly, were the appointments far away (like weeks/month)? I made my appointments for psychiatrist, blood work and GI since I already see those Dr.'s. I have to get another upper endoscopy because my last was in 03'. Anywho, I will be done with those appointments by May 11th. Janell was going to schedule my chest x-ray,EKG and ultrasound at Franklin Regional so I can knock them all out at the same time. Did any of you go to Franklin Reg. for your pre-op appointments? I told you all before how impatient (but in a pleasant way ) I am. The waiting is driving me ! Once I get all the appointment dates I'll be fine, I promise! That is until the next round, getting everything together for insurance submittal .

Hi Here is how the process worked for me: I went to the initial seminar on 12/13/06 Called Dr. Moran's office on 12/14/06 Went in for my initial consult with Dr. Moran on 12/15/06 My cardiologist appt. was 11/11/07 Endoscopy was 1/23/07 Pulmonologist appt/ was 2/01/07 I scheduled my appt with the nutritionist on 12/18/06 I scheduled my appt with psych on 1/04/07 I had to get a five year weight history on it took a few weeks for one physician to get my information to the office. Once weight history was finally submitted to Dr. Moran's office, they called me on 2/23/07 to let me know they were submitting the information to insurance. Info was admitted to insurance on a Friday, they called me on that next Monday (2/26/07) to let me know I was approved. My surgery was scheduled for 3/08/07 and I got my Band. My process took under three months and it could have been quicker if I could have gotten my weight history. The pulmonary appointment took the longest to schedule. Janell called me within a day or two with my scheduled appointments. Working with Dr. Moran's office was truly a pleasant experience and they handled all of the insurance "stuff" for me. I hope your experience is as quick and painless as mine! Yolanda

Yolanda- Wow, that was pretty quick. I'll be happy if things go that quick for me. I haven't heard a bad comment about Dr. Moran's office and look forward to working with them! Congrat's on your Band! Hope all is going well for you! Wendy

My journey is as follows: Seminar on 2/23/07 Exam w/ Dr. Moran on 3/2/07 Psych on 3/12/07 Nutritionist on 3/28/07 PFT, US,Barium swallow, Chest x-ray, blood work on 4/6/07 EKG on 4/12/07 Stress test on 4/19/07 I called Janell Thursday and told her I'm ready to submit to BCBS even though they want 3 mos. supervised by PCP. I have 5 years of diff. attempts and 3 mos. with ww last year. If they deny me, I will have to wait another month and 1/2 but I am going to try and just see what happens. So it has taken me 2 months and I should be submitting to ins. next week. Jennifer

Jennifer- That's great! Seems like the supervised diet has been your only snag. I think that I would want to submit early also, your showing them 5yrs of evidence with your weight records. Thanks for sharing! I hope you have some good news to share soon! Wendy

They are as quick as you finish your appts. Jannell is so great with scheduling. Yes I had everything but my edoscopy done at Franklin Regional. They were great. I went to the seminar on 12/6/2006. Appt. With Moran on 12/10/2006; Finished all of my consults 2/14/2007. Submitted to insurance United Health Care on 2/20/2007 Approved 2/27/2007, surgery 3/1/2007. Good luck. Hope all goes quickly for you.

Thank you! It's wonderful that all of you have had good experiences. I also have UHC and hope I can get through them as quickly as you did. Look'n forward to life on the BAND WAGON! Wendy