Question:
How many Dr supervised diets does Cigna require for approvall?

I am in the process of getting all information to be submitted to my insurance company(my WLS surgeon's office handles that, thank goodness) I would like to know how many supervised diets Cigna requires before they can process my claim? What is the duration of one of these diets? Help?    — stephalie_2000 (posted on February 3, 2003)

February 3, 2003
I don't know what the requirements are, however, I can tell you what I told the Bariatric Treatment Center personnel during my interview. 1. I had been taking perscribed diet pills on and off for 20 years. 2. I did go to "Physicians Weight Loss Centers" for about 6 to 9 months where I was given phen-phen. Hope this helps! Also Cigna actualy seems to care about it's clients. I was approved in three weeks aftter the authorization request was submitted.
   — Phitphreak

February 3, 2003
I just had surgery on 1/9/03 and I have Cigna, HMO. My doctor's office requires that every patient has a psy eval, note from primary care doctor and nutritional eval done by a nutritionist before they contact ins company for approval. I also made up a list of all the different diets that I had been on, that I could remember. I gave a copy to each dr. that did an evaluation on me. This helped them to better understand my diet history. Also, Cigna from what I understand has a 30 wait period before it approves each request. Mine was almost exactly 30 days. I also followed up with them myself. Feel free to e-mail me if you have any questions or would like to see my diet history. Good luck to you!!
   — Bea ..

February 3, 2003
I have Cigna PPO and they did not require any supervised diets, I just told them of all my diet attempts for the past 12 years, My Dr faxed in paper work on 1-22 and on 1-24 I was approved. Hope this helps
   — DANA B.