Got approval to see surgeon...now what?

I was told via telephone by Tricare that I was approved to see gastric bypass surgeon for initial consult visit + 5 additional visits. That's great and it get's me started. What I wanted know was if this was the authorization for surgery or just for evaluations. If not, how long does it take to get an authorization approved?

This was the approval to see the surgeon. You have to have a series of test done before you are approved for the surgery. Once the tests are finished, all the results are sent to Tricare for approval. After I had all my test results submitted, it took Tricare 7 days to approve me for the surgery.

Thanks for the question and answer to this. I was wondering the same thing. thx