I also have Blue Cross I have choice and am a State employee. I also had no trouble getting approved . I am seeing Tudduuic. In Lincoln @ Suergical Ass in St . Elisabeth . I resived a booklet from BC BS today . I don't know if it was just rutine mailing or if I was ment to get it . My husband did not resive one but it could come at a later date . But any how , From what i understand is the surgery is covered. I'm haveing Lap Band . So any way surgery covered but fills and anything else is not and will be out of pocket . I was informed that fills are 250 each and I will need three in the first three months . Is this about the same as you have been told ? Also I was told @ the support group that our insurance also covers skin removal after two years of maintaned weightloss. ALl I had to do was first go to siminar then I seen my doctor on June 5th then I went to dietishin and phyc @ Madanna on July 23 . I now have to attend a support group Aug 8th . I belive that's it . I should get a date soo. I'm hopeing for the ens of Aug beginning of Sept . I could be wrong. I did not have to go to alot of apointments like the sleep test . We should keep each other informed . hope to hear from you Mickey

MJ, thanks for all the information, it just seems like once you go to the seminar it takes forever to surgery.  I also have BCBS Federal and they are like the best to work with, it's all the other stuff.  Good luck smilingone

Hi, WooHoo! Congratulations. That is awesome. Keep up the good work.   Mona

I really had to do little.  I attended the seminar, and completed the paperwork submitting the required PCP doctor's info.  Surgeon asked for 3 yrs, I've not been to the doc in many years for anything other than just sinus infections, and so I requested the past 5 yrs of records instead of the required 3, (also more for  my info).  My PCP had never even dictated any conversations we'd had about my weight in those years.  I have no co-morbidities, that are diagnosed (cause I just don't go do doc! ).  No PCP recommendation was needed.  I did write my own letter outlining the health reasons that the surgery would be helpful.  It was all fact and Medical based, Not sure if this helped, but thought I'd give it a shot.  But I completed the necessary Psych eval, but that was not even sent to the insurance with the pre approval.  So basically BC/BS approved me due to my long term high BMI.  So I guess I was lucky in that sense.  I have my first Dr. appts with surgeon's office on the 30th.  So I'm so looking forward to more info.  !!  .  On the phone, the coordinator indicated we would  be looking at surgery scheduled at the end of September, so I'm banking on it happening in October.  I know I have lots more visits for checks and test ect before we get that far.  But I'm glad the mission has started. 

Sorry I don't know anything about your insurance. But the one thing I can tell you about is the lap-band. If you are a person that has other health problems such as a hard time exerciseing  the band may not work!    Not to put the band down just because I didn't work for me, doesn't mean it doesn't work . I have  Fibromyliga and 53 yrs old  and my luck wasn't good. I'm three yrs out and have lost only 30 lbs which I'm thankful for. But it hasn't been easy. I don't know how many fills and unfills I went thur just to lose 30lbs.  So now I'm looking into DS.  I hope everything goes well with you. Take Care Marilyn J