medicaid

i was wondering if anyone knew the requirements to get approved for medicaid, i would greatly appreciate any info....brianna

Hi Brianna, the surgery has to be medically necessary in order to get approved by medicaid. for example, high blood pressure, diabetes, arthritis in the joints, serious sleeping problems, your BMI should be over 40, and you have to be at least 100 lbs over weight. Sometimes with alot of co-morbidties your BMI can be less. good luck and let us know how things go for you. Cindy

Diddo with previous response...nothing new to add, very acurate. Good Luck with everything. I think I am loosing my Medicaid, but I hope they treat you okay. We were suppose to have until October, but they are throwing us out due to excess income, even though they didn't ask what the outgo was. Good Luck and God Speed, Deb

I have medicaid and was seen by my surgeon on Wednesday of last week. Everything went great. He told me a few things..first your psyciatrist visit isn't covered and that will be around a 300.00 cost. Second Medicaid due to high response to people wanting WLS is farming out their approvals to a different company. It will now take approximately 2-3 months to get an approval. I guess compared to the lifetime you would have to weight being obese it isn't too bad. I just don't have the 300.00 right now.