Question:
Has anyone with Aetna POS had any issues with diet history documentation?

If anybody could please help me I would really appreciate it!    — Suset D. (posted on October 9, 2002)

October 9, 2002
I have Aetna QPOS, which is similar, I am sure. I was approved this August. I was nervous about being denied because I didn't have a 6 month supervised diet or anything like that. I did have records of having used xenical, redux, and other meds, hypnosis and my dieting efforts, as well as a history of being overweight. I do have co-morbids albeit borderline. My BMI was about 40 and I still got approved.<br>This was just my experience, but I was surprised. I believe it had a lot to do with the way my LOMN was worded and that all of my records had been organized so well by my surgeon's office. I really do credit them with getting me approved.<p>Good luck! If I can help, let me know.
   — Helenjean P.

October 10, 2002
I have Aetna PPO and I am having a horrible time getting approval. They keep saying that I do not have enough documentation and have denied me. I'm in the process of appealing. I've had 2 doctors write letters stating that I have been obese, etc for over 5 years, so hopefully that'll help. Just get as much documemtation as you possibly can!
   — pamela1

October 12, 2002
I have Aetna POS and was approved last month. I was worried about diet documentation too. I didn't have documentation of a physician supervised diet, but I did type up 3 pages of regular diets I had been on with the approximate dates, weight lost, and weight gained back. I managed to get a copy of one of my Weight Watchers records and copies of 2 health club contracts and sent that in too. I also looked over my medical records and noted the weight fluctuations and made a seperate sheet with that - just listing the date and weight so they could easily see how many times I went up and down! It took Aetna 7 weeks to approve me, but they did approve me! Good luck!!!
   — ediecat