What's your INSURANCE?

OK, my insurance is with Cigna and from what I've read, in regards to surgery, they will cover it if I met certain requirements (which I do). My question for you is, how long was your process before you got approved and a surgery date???

I have UHC and my paperwork was submitted on the 8th of August and approved on the 10th .

This will vary for every person, each insurance company has their own standards and writes policies differently for each company they contract with. Then each surgeon's office can implement their own set of hoops for you to to jump though. Talk to your surgeon/insurer to see what applies for you-- another's process will be irrelevant to you.

My process was from initial consult to surgery was about 10 weeks- but that very untypical. 

What peachpie said...

For me, I began the process in December of '15 and finally has surgery at the end of July. There are so many different scenarios and those blasted hoops. Good luck!

BUT that includes things maybe you have already done. Once the packet was submitted to insurance, I was approved in about a week, but getting my surgeon's office and insurance on the same page was a bit of a wrench tossed in. Then I had to be wiggled into HIS surgery schedule. They had pushed me out into October, but thankfully, someone wanted to switch dates with me and I grabbed the July date. 

I have BCBS and they only required an endoscopy, phyc evaluation & 2 nutritional visits. I was approved in 5 days and the whole process from my first surgeons consult was just under a month.

rachelp what state are you in. I have BCBS of georgia and am in the start of this. Did BCBS require you to have a set time diet that was evaluated by a doc. 

Like the poster above, I have BCBS. I began the process last August by completing an online informational seminar (there was an in-person informational class available, too). Then I was able to schedule my first appointment with the surgeon's office, which took place in October, and consisted of several separate appointments: an assessment by a bariatrician, my first nutritionist visit, completing HOURS of psychological testing, and assessment by a physical therapist. I didn't finish the six-month program until March, and then was able to schedule a consult with the surgeon. At my surgical consult, we scheduled my surgery for June. 

I had many, many appointments along the way, but I really appreciate the careful assessment and education I was given, first to make sure I was a good candidate for surgery, and second to set me up for success with weight loss. 

As you can see, every insurance policy and every surgeon's program has different requirements. You won't know your insurance company's requirements until you read your policy. 

Good luck to you!

I have Aetna. They require 3 consecutive monthly visits with a nutritionist and a psychologist. All in all it took me six months from my first visit to my surgery date. My surgeon was booking out a month so it would have been sooner.