Did Aetna change their criteria for the 6-month diet on 8/22/03?

I went to my PCP today to broach the surgery subject and to get started on my 6-month diet. (He was supportive..yay!) I went to the Aetna site and printed out the coverage criteria to take with me. I noticed that it was dated 8/22/03 at the bottom. I read through it and the 6-month diet requirements look different than I remember from the last time I read them, a few weeks ago. The requirements specifically said the monitoring physician could not perform bariatric surgery, and that you could apply for precertification before the end of the diet provided the full 6 months would pass before the surgery date. Could someone who's familiar with the Aetna coverage comment on whether this is a change? Here is the address: http://www.aetna.com/cpb/data/CPBA0157.html

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