Hi - curious if you got your answer?  I have my appointment with my surgeon in mid January - my dr knows I have been trying to lose weight and have been up and down since I met her - I would just HATE to have to wait 6 months to prove I cannot lose weight!! 

Years ago (2011) when i first started the process for bariatric surgery (got talked out of it, long story) the wording of my insurance policy was "doctor supervised diet". 

I have a different insurance now, BCBS of TN and the wording is alot different. 

• Attending physician documents adherence to a non-surgical weight loss program (e.g. dietary management, behavior modification, and/or exercise) with ALL of the following:

• • Most recent attempt was within 2 years of request for surgery

  • Participation was for a minimum of 6 months.

Can anyone tell me if this is the same thing, or if they just have to say yeah they have done this this this and blah of # months.

I tried asking the nice BCBS service rep for clarification, but she said that's all it said. I have my consult in december. But I have had some hiccups with my PCP retiring our of no where, and the area I live in has a doc shortage, so it's been one thing after another. 

I had read a few places that some BCBS networks had changed to not needing a "supervised diet" and just wondered if this was the wording for that.

Thanks for any help

Hello Mrs. Judy B. would you please send my a copy of the letter. I was recently denied with UHC and I would like to appeal and don't know where to start. I would love for them to approve my first appeal. I would great appreciate it if you can help me out. UHC covered my gastric but said panniectomy/ abdominal plastic is not covered! HELP PLEASE THANKS 

Wondering if anyone in SC has Blue Choice medicaid and whether or not you had to go through the 6 month diet before being authorized to have surgery?

Thanks so much for your response.  I have met with a bariatric surgeon and his team.  I think I am just overthinking everything and am really anxious about getting an approval when the time comes to submit everything.  When I went to the new patient seminar, they did mention the items they would need from me to get an approval and medical records was not one of the items.  I was pretty much told the same as you.  I was reading other post and someone mentioned the whole medical records thing and it made me wonder if I would need the same. Like I said, I think I am just anxious and overthinking everything.  Especially since I have a 4 months left on my medically supervised diet.  Lots of time to overanalyze.  lol 

Again, thanks for you response.