Question:
Has anyone had to wait for the insurance company to find a wls?

Has anyone got the surgery approved with Aetna Hmo USA Health Source? Health Source does not have a wls on staff. Can someone give me any help with this.    — Andria S. (posted on May 11, 2000)

May 11, 2000
my surgery was 2/23/00. I have Prudential Healthcare HMO who was bought out by your insurance company. I was approved within 18 hours of submitting the paperwork for approval. All they requested from my primary care physician was a letter of medical neccessity. Aetna is pretty good and well known for approving WLS if your PCP and surgeon state that it is medically neccessary for you to have this procedure to give you a better quality of life. Good luck to you and hope this helps.........
   — TERRY L.