What to do now?

Hey Everyone,
   I have been thinking about getting RNY since 2007 and finally went to visit with my Dr for a referral on January 25th 2012. She was on board with me and said that with my BMI of 51, I should have no problem getting approved. I just contacted yesterday via RelayHealth.com regarding how that referral request was going and this is what I got back from her " Your referral has been processed and sent to TRICARE so you will be assigned a provider out in town. Please call TRICARE to discuss the referral and recieve information about the provider. Please let me know if you have questions. Have a wonderful day." So my question is, how long does it usually take to get approved if the "provider is out in town"? By the way I have Tricare Prime North and we live in Great Lakes IL, anyone else from this area...

Hi! SO does this mean that you are being assigned a provider out of town or in town? Either way the processing should pretty much be the same. Once approved for surgery you will have all of your pre-op appts set-up and just will need to get your transportation in line to get there if its out of town. Hope that helped a little :) I have Tricare-South now, I was on Central for my bypass but had surgey on a MTF free. So I was able to bypass all of tricare's loops but ive heard tons of stories about it

Yes the surgeon I was referred to is Dr. Wallace who is located in Milwaukee WI and I'm currently in Great Lakes IL. I will have to be on a 6 month Dr. Supervised Diet... Which I've started today! I have the Orientation meeting and Surgeon visit March 5th :o)