BCBS PPO revisions?

My statement was correst.. Our BC/BS FEB does not have any cover for the DS..as I stated..

Maybe BC/BS PPO ?? covers it....We don't have that insurance...BUT OURS DOES NOT COVER DS PERIOD!  Several people "6" have appealed it through my husbands work, several times each.. Everytime it was denied. One lady even hired a Lawyer... Alizka

I had LB surgery on May of 2007, need a revision my band slipped. I rec'd my RNY on July 7, 2008 I also have BC/BS........

OUR BC/BS FEB covers revision, but to Band or to RNY, ERNY and such....Ours will not cover DS, or sleeve... Alizka

 I have BCBC PPO and my band slipped also. They are paying for a RNY but would not pay for a sleeve. 

I have BCBS PPO they will cover for DS if your BMI is 50+...that's what a rep told me when I was inquiring about VSG. They said that the only way the VSG will be covered if it is being done as part of the DS in the 2 part surgery..... otherwise VSG to them is investigational. I will be appealing on the "investigational" part. But the insurance rep at the Surgeons office said that BCBS PPO approves very quickly and is one of the fastest to approve. So if I wanted to go for RNY I would not have any problems. HTH