I was wondering if anyone has had Health Partners insurance and if it was hard to get...

I am currently in process of getting approval through HealthPartners. Each policy might be different. I work at Wells Fargo, so I can only speak to their requirements. First I had to have my regular doctor refer me to a surgeon. I'm working with Dr. Glatt at Sioux Valley. It took about 3 weeks to get in to see him. After he said he would do my surgery and thought I was a good candidate, I then had to have my primary care physician fax to the surgeon 3 years worth of documentation of my weight and BMI. I also have to have a psych eval to make sure that I dont' have any untreated or undiagnosed mental issues. Even if you have depression or anything, it doesn't rule you out. The insurance just wants to make sure you have it under control with drugs or whatever. I had been on Zoloft and had even been hospitalized in the past, and my psych eval person said that was ok since I'm ok now. After all that was gathered, my surgeon's office faxed in all the information. Once HealthPartners gets the info, it takes them 24-48 hours to enter it into the system. Once it's entered, it's approximately 14 business days to get an approval/decline. That's where I am now. My information was entered into their system on May 3rd, so I'm really hoping to hear something by the end of this week. The worst part of any of this so far is the damn waiting. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask me. :)