refferal...

ok so i went to the regular dr and they said yup they will put the refferal in for me, this is 3 weeks ago, i have been checking online, i dont see anything comming up not even a pending authorization, so i called tricare and they said the very MOST it would take is 5 business days, well its been over 7 business days, so i am calling them tomarrow, to have them put in the refferal again..i think it might have not been sent correctly because she is a brand new dr and brand new to the navy, and i have a few friends that have meesed up refferals, anyways i was thinking since psychritary doesnt take a refferal would i be good on going and getting the eval, making the journey a little shorter when i finally get approved..i really do think i will be..i dunno just some ideas would be helpful, should i just wait till i get the ok or just go about my seelf and get it done -jen

I would do some more checking with your Dr. It should only take a few days, at most to get a referral. Good luck. It really did help me to get my pscyh eval done early. Just make sure they are used to doing evaluations for bariatric surgery. Diana

Hi Jennifer, Diana was exactly right in everything she said. It should only take a few days . I believe I went to my PCM on a Friday and I got a call from Tricare saying I was approved that following Monday. I would go back again like Diana stated. As far as making the other appointments I would wait and see who your Dr. is. Some of them want you to go to certain Dr.'s for certain appointments. I know the one that I am seeing really isn't too picky about who does the sleep test, physical theropy or nutrition class; but he wants all of his patients to see a certain Psyc. for psyc evaluation. Even your appointments might differ depending on your Dr. Jaye Jaye