How soon is to soon to call for status of insurance approval
Ok a little about me. I started this WLS journey several years ago but kept getting shot down as my employer refused to pay for WLS or any sort of weight management programs. Several years later, I am now with a different employer with better coverage so I started the process again by going to a seminar in late January. I was eager to get the process started so I filled out my application and sent it in early february. I was originally going to be part of a research study that was going to pay for my whole surgery, however the study got put on hold for a year so I decided to go the regular route instead. I finished all my testing early May and saw my surgeon almost 2 weeks ago to sign my consent forms so they can get the insurance approval portion of this process started. It will be 2 weeks tomorrow since I was in her office and since the approval process should have been started. I have BCBS of IL even though I live and work in Oregon. Our firm's headquarters are in Chicago so that is why I have an IL policy. Part of the insurance requirements are that I have to have those 6 months of supervised weight loss attempts, in the policy it clearly states that WW is a suitable supervised program so I submitted those records since I was doing WW on and off for the last few years. Ok so now for my question, how soon is to soon to start calling to get status? I am tempted to call this week only because during this waiting time the office advised me to come in to see the Nutritionist once a month just in case the insurance would not take the WW for the 6 month requirement. I have my 3rd montly appt with her on the 1st of July and was hoping to get my approval before then as it costs like 80-100 bucks for that half hour visit I have with her. My insurance has paid everything else to this point but they will not cover the nutritionist appts as they consider it "education" and for some reason they wont allow it. I am very optimistic that I will get approved but like I said I just want that approval before next week so I am not forced to shell out another 100 bucks. Is it to soon if I call them tomorrow to get status? I know they are very busy but I am growing impatient and want to get this ball rolling. I was hoping to get my surgery in July otherwise because of my job I will have to wait till mid October to have it.
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