6 month supervised diet? bc/bs

Has anybody been approved without it? I have bc/bs and am wondering how likely it'll be to get approved without it..

They are now requiring 12 months. I have yet to hear of anyone who has be approved w/o it. I am trying. Will post if I'm successful.

WHAT?! thats rediculous.

http://medicalpolicy.hcsc.net/medpolicies/home?corpEntCd=IL1&path=templatedata\medpolicies\surg\data\SUR716.003_2005-01-18&ctype=MEDPOLICIES-POLICY&cat=SURGERY#hlink try the link above....it is the medical policy for BCBS Illinois regarding obesity surgery...... If the link doesn't work...go to www.bcbsil.com log onto the "providers" part and look up their active policies. Hope that helps. Paula

The link didn't work but I did find the policy on the bcbsil site. It does state 12 months of diet. I agree it's ridiculous and am trying to work around it myself. will report in if I am successful. In the meantime I keep meeting with the Nutritionist going into month 3