Support group in Rapid City

Is there anyone out there interested in a support group in Rapid City? Please email me if you are interested.

Hi, I live in Wyoming and would like to know of any doctors in rapid city or closer to me than denver. I am having some difficulty with the insurance person at the surgeon's office that I have chosen to do my lap band surgery. She just doesn't seem to give a damn whether or not I am a patient. My insurance company doesn't cover lapband but I am going to appeal and hopefully go to the external review board and if necessary possibly use an attorney. Anyway, I was told by her that I had been denied so I initially decided to be self pay (which like so many of you can't afford). I called my insurance co. to see why they wouldn't pay for the surgery and was told that there had never been any pre-authorization sent to them. There had been a phone call from the doctor's office a0nd when she was told that they didn't cover it, then she called me and told me I had been denied. I can't start my appeal process until I have the official rejection letter from my insurance co. (I'm almost done) okay, so basically I told her exactly what she needed to send to the insurance co. and she would tell me that she did and I could find out that she had not sent the information that the company needed, like letter of medical necessity, I have tried to give her the benefit of the doubt but I just feel like she doesn't give a sh@# about whether or not I get help from my insurance company. I mean shouldn't she know what the company needs? I think she should. So maybe some of you can see why I need to find someone else to help me with my surgery. I know there is a doctor in Riverton, Wyoming that does bariatric surgery but I go to Rapid City a lot and would prefer to find someone in that direction. Please let me know if anyone has any advice. Sincerely, Michele pissed off in wyoming

Hi Kathryn, If you need help getting a group going, I could help you. I have lots of information. Email me privately and we can get together and talk. Mona