Choosing a program/doctor

Hi all: I am considering the surgery. I have contacted my insurance company and they don't require a 6 month supervised weightloss program. I do have to have a psyc eval. Which is fine. Do all programs require a 6 month supervised program?

Hi Jennifer, My ins co did require a supervised weight loss program- they said 6 months is usually sufficient but they had me do 8 months because I didn't show enough effort in their opinion in the first 6 months! (In the insurance info it said 'failed' supervised weight loss program so I made an effort to fail ). I think most ins co do require it but if yours doesn't- that make it easier for you.... because for me, having to do the 8 months took the longest as far as jumping through all the hoops to meet their requirements. Good luck!

Mine was pretty vague about how long the doctor supervised program needed to be. I did 6 months just to be on the safe side and had no problems. Of course, I also had a list of 20 years worth of diets (4 or 5 of which my doctor had known of) for the insurance company to look at - lol!

Hey Jennifer! Welcome to the WI OH Board! Good to have you! Just wanted to say that my insurance didn't require a six month supervised diet. I have HealthPartners....here is what I have had to do thus far: Some for the surgeon I'm having it through...it's a good program. Informational meeting Meet with Nurse Psych appointments (4) (be okay'd by her) One of which did the MMPI and another test Attempt to quick smoking (I'm quit) Meet with a dietician (be okay'd by her) Have Surgeon and nurse consult (mine is tomorrow) Be approved by insurance and schedule the surgery. I wish you lot of luck on your journey! Pam

Oh yeah...one more thing after being approved by the psych...I had to have my clinic send in two years of weights.