Newbie - Enough said.........
Just looking around, getting aquainted with the message boards and wrapping my mind around having a new healthier life. My first visit with the surgeon is on July 18th. I'm excited - don't know what to expect. My insurance is sending me to Texas to have my Surgery. I was wondering if there is anyone out there that has had to travel for insurance compliance.
My insurance carrier is NRECA National Rural Electrical Co-Operative Association, my husband works for a rural power company. They have a company called United Resources Network that handles their weight loss surgery approval process and apparently have strict quidelines for the surgeons they approve. Apparently, the surgeon has to have a less than 3% complication rate after surgery amoung other critiria and the facility the surgeries are performed at have to qualify to be a Center of Excellance/COE. They told me that a hospital in Norman and St. Francis in Tulsa are in the middle of getting their paperwork in to qualify for a COE, but they didn't know how long it will be. So, I didn't want to wait any longer so I signed up with the group in Texas that they had already approved. The insurance company will pay us back for travel expenses and lodging for my support person while undergoing the pre-op appts etc. ....sorry for the long answer. (Frankly, I'm just glad someone responded to my post) Everyone here seems so positive. My mother had her surgery done by Dr. Grosope in 2003 and my father and brother had their MGB done in Joplin MO.
