Tricare ins

Does anyone that's had surgery carry Tricare ins?

I have Tricare - husband is active duty.  I'm having RNY on 13-Dec. 

Hi, Congratulations!
Was it hard to get approved ? How long did it take to get approved?

I'm excited to see tricare approves wls.
my husband is retired military and tricare is all we have.
i wonder if they are specific on what they cover. for instance, only lapband or only gastric sleeve etc. or does your bmi make the difference?
i have so many questions as i am just recently considering all of this.

I still have alot of questions too. I did go to a seminar in Mobile, The dr said Tricare only pays for Lapband and the gastric bypass. They dod not cover the sleeve.

The gastric sleeve is only covered if you have the surgery in a MTF - otherwise you are correct....tricare only covers GBP or the LB.  My start to finish (granted I finish a week from today) took about 6 months.  It would have been sooner but....when I first asked for a referral, I was referred to Keesler - well the bariatric program shut down after Katrina and they were in the process of re-establising it.  My first appt was in June, but the surgeon wasn't going to be here until August.  During those months, I had many visits to the nutritionist and I had my Psch evail.  At the end of August they did a mandatory seminar.  Because the program was just starting to get up and running, the surgeon said that he will not perfom any surgeries until he has all the equipment that he prefers to use.....once everything was in order...he started doing the surgies.  There was a waiting list and the most "critical" went first.  I am a light weight with out any health issues other then being "fat".  Because my surgery is being done at the MTF here at Keesler, I also don't have to go through the regular "TRICARE" approvals process.  If I have the surgeons approval, then my surgery is a go.

I'm 5.5, my starting weight was 243....my weight right now (I'm on the pre-op diet...keep that in mind) is 224.

thank you for your information! how do i know whether or not its going to be at an mtf? what is that? and like you said i have no oter medical conditions except being "fat".....did you just call and make an apponitment with your pcm...we are PCSing to fort campbell ky in feb and i would love to start with all this asap.... thanks in advance for any help!

I'm tricare prime and am wanting VSG. I've been working on this for about a month and have not heard that I can't get VSG by my surgeon's staff. Oh don't tell me I can't get the VSG!! I'm even sleeping with the bleeping sleep apenea mask to get through the process!

 
Sleeves have to be done at the MTF and appealing in this case does no good. :o(