Question:
Does anyone work in a Catholic School or college, or work for a Catholic agency?

I would like to know how your insurance handled the surgery and possibly follow up tt etc.    — Maureen R. (posted on July 20, 2002)

July 21, 2002
I work for the Cleveland Diocese and my surgery has been covered. I waited about a month for approval. My surgery is scheduled for December 20,2002!
   — Jane S.

July 21, 2002
My mom teaches at a Catholic School and had the surgery back in January. You can look up her profile on here under Sheryl VanDyne, Parsons, KS. Or try writing her at [email protected]. Good luck!
   — lvandyne

July 21, 2002
I work for a Catholic Hospital, but we now have BC/BS insurance. They did not exclude this surgery from their policy however. They do pay for TT, but there are guidlines for it, just like the WLS. They best thing I could suggest is to call your cutomer service # for the insurance, and just ask them if your employer or the ins. co. has an exclusion. That is how I went about it anyway, and I was approved in ONE day!! Good luck.
   — Terri Z.