[MiniGastricBypass]asking again

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In a message dated 6/13/2000 10:49:58 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

vaschutz@... writes:

<< If Dr. R didn't get it for some reason, then I want

to do it again as quickly as possible! I have a really hard time being

patient about anything to do with the MGB because I just want to have it

sooooo badly!!!!!

Thanks,

Sara >>

Hi Sara,

I emailed my patient info on May 2nd and then I didn't hear anything,

everyone said they received in the mail a copy of the info Dr. R's office

sends to insurance company, so on the 11th of May I emailed Debbie to confirm

that they had received the patient info, Barbara emailed me back and said

they had and that they had sent it in to my Ins. Co.. other than that I've

not heard anything from anybody or gotten anything in the mail from anybody,

I'm just trying to patiently wait and wait and wait without losing my mind

worrying about it. I would email Debbie again and tell her that you are just

trying to get confirmation that they have received your patient information

that was emailed in.

Cathy in Lenoir, NC

Wanting to be on the other side

BMI 42

Patient info emailed 5/2/00

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step

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In a message dated 6/13/2000 10:49:58 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

vaschutz@... writes:

<< If Dr. R didn't get it for some reason, then I want

to do it again as quickly as possible! I have a really hard time being

patient about anything to do with the MGB because I just want to have it

sooooo badly!!!!!

Thanks,

Sara >>

Hi Sara,

I emailed my patient info on May 2nd and then I didn't hear anything,

everyone said they received in the mail a copy of the info Dr. R's office

sends to insurance company, so on the 11th of May I emailed Debbie to confirm

that they had received the patient info, Barbara emailed me back and said

they had and that they had sent it in to my Ins. Co.. other than that I've

not heard anything from anybody or gotten anything in the mail from anybody,

I'm just trying to patiently wait and wait and wait without losing my mind

worrying about it. I would email Debbie again and tell her that you are just

trying to get confirmation that they have received your patient information

that was emailed in.

Cathy in Lenoir, NC

Wanting to be on the other side

BMI 42

Patient info emailed 5/2/00

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 6/13/2000 10:49:58 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

vaschutz@... writes:

<< If Dr. R didn't get it for some reason, then I want

to do it again as quickly as possible! I have a really hard time being

patient about anything to do with the MGB because I just want to have it

sooooo badly!!!!!

Thanks,

Sara >>

Hi Sara,

I emailed my patient info on May 2nd and then I didn't hear anything,

everyone said they received in the mail a copy of the info Dr. R's office

sends to insurance company, so on the 11th of May I emailed Debbie to confirm

that they had received the patient info, Barbara emailed me back and said

they had and that they had sent it in to my Ins. Co.. other than that I've

not heard anything from anybody or gotten anything in the mail from anybody,

I'm just trying to patiently wait and wait and wait without losing my mind

worrying about it. I would email Debbie again and tell her that you are just

trying to get confirmation that they have received your patient information

that was emailed in.

Cathy in Lenoir, NC

Wanting to be on the other side

BMI 42

Patient info emailed 5/2/00

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step

[Guest guest]

Hi Sara... I also filled out my patient information form on May 30. I got a

copy of the letter that was sent to my insurance company yesterday, 6/12. It

came standard US mail, I think it was sent out last Thursday, 6/8. I don't

know if this helps or not, but just thought I would let you know. Maybe you

should give the office a call if yours doesn't come within the next day or

two? Good luck, I'll be thinking of you!

Deb in IL

P.S. I don't know if it matters or not, but I sent my packet in a couple

days after the PI form. Dr. R.'s office received my packet on Monday, 6/5.

Maybe that was what they used to send the insurance company's letter?

[Guest guest]

Hi Sara... I also filled out my patient information form on May 30. I got a

copy of the letter that was sent to my insurance company yesterday, 6/12. It

came standard US mail, I think it was sent out last Thursday, 6/8. I don't

know if this helps or not, but just thought I would let you know. Maybe you

should give the office a call if yours doesn't come within the next day or

two? Good luck, I'll be thinking of you!

Deb in IL

P.S. I don't know if it matters or not, but I sent my packet in a couple

days after the PI form. Dr. R.'s office received my packet on Monday, 6/5.

Maybe that was what they used to send the insurance company's letter?

[Guest guest]

Hi Sara... I also filled out my patient information form on May 30. I got a

copy of the letter that was sent to my insurance company yesterday, 6/12. It

came standard US mail, I think it was sent out last Thursday, 6/8. I don't

know if this helps or not, but just thought I would let you know. Maybe you

should give the office a call if yours doesn't come within the next day or

two? Good luck, I'll be thinking of you!

Deb in IL

P.S. I don't know if it matters or not, but I sent my packet in a couple

days after the PI form. Dr. R.'s office received my packet on Monday, 6/5.

Maybe that was what they used to send the insurance company's letter?

[Guest guest]

Trish,

When you say that Debbie will be approving pt. while the doc is gone, does

that mean she will actually approve them for the surgery and set the date if

she has all the pertinent info?

Memory

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From: metrishal@... [sMTP:metrishal@...]

Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2000 9:57 AM

To: MiniGastricBypass (AT) e

Subject: Re: asking again

Sara, At clinic the Doc and Debbie said they would be approving

Patients

while the Doc was gone, However they are trying to catch up.

If you cal and are really sweet I bet they will find you. Just give

them a

coupe days to get him out of town. Im sure they are all crazy

helping him

get ready. He has not E-mailed me back either. HM, And I thought he

loved to

pick on me. He is just busy. don't take it personal.. I know I

am..I mean

Im not..lol

Take care, It will happen

Trisha

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OK I hate to keep obsessing about this, but does anyone know if it is really

unusual that I filled out my Patient Information form on May 30th and haven't

heard anything? I emailed Debbie last week, and she didn't know because her

computer is not hooked up to Dr. R's. I emailed Dr. R several days ago to ask

if he got it, and I haven't heard anything. I don't want to bother them again

if it is normal for it to take this long to hear anything. It seems that many

people have heard much sooner than this, though. I waited for the mail today

hoping to get a copy of the letter, but it didn't come. Can anyone out there

ease my mind about this? If Dr. R didn't get it for some reason, then I want

to do it again as quickly as possible! I have a really hard time being

patient about anything to do with the MGB because I just want to have it

sooooo badly!!!!!

Thanks,

Sara

[Guest guest]

Thanks to everyone who has given me advice about not hearing yet about my

patient information form. I think I probably need to give them a call at the

office and see if they can tell me anything. In fact, I just tried to call, but

it is clinic day, and they are all out of the office, so I'll try again

tomorrow. If anyone has any more advice for me, I'd love to have it!

Thanks you all (I live in Tennesse, so I can say " you all " or more

appropriately " y'all " )

Sara

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Thanks to everyone who has given me advice about not hearing yet about my

patient information form. I think I probably need to give them a call at the

office and see if they can tell me anything. In fact, I just tried to call, but

it is clinic day, and they are all out of the office, so I'll try again

tomorrow. If anyone has any more advice for me, I'd love to have it!

Thanks you all (I live in Tennesse, so I can say " you all " or more

appropriately " y'all " )

Sara

[Guest guest]

Sara,

Didn't you say you sent it in May 2nd???? That's the same day I sent

mine in

and I crashed Dr.R's computer...remember? Well, I got my approval about 2 weeks

later and I had my surgery 5-31. I think you should do some serious calling.

Maybe

it got lost in the computer crash. Good luck!!!!

Best Wishes,

Genz

Vaughn and Sara Schütz wrote:

> Thanks to everyone who has given me advice about not hearing yet about my

> patient information form. I think I probably need to give them a call at the

> office and see if they can tell me anything. In fact, I just tried to call,

but

> it is clinic day, and they are all out of the office, so I'll try again

> tomorrow. If anyone has any more advice for me, I'd love to have it!

>

> Thanks you all (I live in Tennesse, so I can say " you all " or more

> appropriately " y'all " )

> Sara

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The American Society of Bariatric Surgeons meeting is this week. It

started today, so Dr. R. is either already there or still working on

his paper. His presentation is on Saturday.

Call your insurance pre-certification number and see if they got the

certification request from Dr. Rutledge.

> OK I hate to keep obsessing about this, but does anyone know if it

is really

> unusual that I filled out my Patient Information form on May 30th

and haven't

> heard anything? I emailed Debbie last week, and she didn't know

because her

> computer is not hooked up to Dr. R's. I emailed Dr. R several days

ago to ask

> if he got it, and I haven't heard anything. I don't want to bother

them again

> if it is normal for it to take this long to hear anything. It

seems

that many

> people have heard much sooner than this, though. I waited for the

mail today

> hoping to get a copy of the letter, but it didn't come. Can anyone

out there

> ease my mind about this? If Dr. R didn't get it for some reason,

then I want

> to do it again as quickly as possible! I have a really hard time

being

> patient about anything to do with the MGB because I just want to

have it

> sooooo badly!!!!!

>

> Thanks,

> Sara

[Guest guest]

The American Society of Bariatric Surgeons meeting is this week. It

started today, so Dr. R. is either already there or still working on

his paper. His presentation is on Saturday.

Call your insurance pre-certification number and see if they got the

certification request from Dr. Rutledge.

> OK I hate to keep obsessing about this, but does anyone know if it

is really

> unusual that I filled out my Patient Information form on May 30th

and haven't

> heard anything? I emailed Debbie last week, and she didn't know

because her

> computer is not hooked up to Dr. R's. I emailed Dr. R several days

ago to ask

> if he got it, and I haven't heard anything. I don't want to bother

them again

> if it is normal for it to take this long to hear anything. It

seems

that many

> people have heard much sooner than this, though. I waited for the

mail today

> hoping to get a copy of the letter, but it didn't come. Can anyone

out there

> ease my mind about this? If Dr. R didn't get it for some reason,

then I want

> to do it again as quickly as possible! I have a really hard time

being

> patient about anything to do with the MGB because I just want to

have it

> sooooo badly!!!!!

>

> Thanks,

> Sara

[Guest guest]

The American Society of Bariatric Surgeons meeting is this week. It

started today, so Dr. R. is either already there or still working on

his paper. His presentation is on Saturday.

Call your insurance pre-certification number and see if they got the

certification request from Dr. Rutledge.

> OK I hate to keep obsessing about this, but does anyone know if it

is really

> unusual that I filled out my Patient Information form on May 30th

and haven't

> heard anything? I emailed Debbie last week, and she didn't know

because her

> computer is not hooked up to Dr. R's. I emailed Dr. R several days

ago to ask

> if he got it, and I haven't heard anything. I don't want to bother

them again

> if it is normal for it to take this long to hear anything. It

seems

that many

> people have heard much sooner than this, though. I waited for the

mail today

> hoping to get a copy of the letter, but it didn't come. Can anyone

out there

> ease my mind about this? If Dr. R didn't get it for some reason,

then I want

> to do it again as quickly as possible! I have a really hard time

being

> patient about anything to do with the MGB because I just want to

have it

> sooooo badly!!!!!

>

> Thanks,

> Sara

[Guest guest]

Hi, Sara! It's Dee from Michigan and I'm so aware of what you must be going

through as you wait to hear from the various offices and staff. While I

waited, I cleaned out drawers, closets, cars, old letters...you name it!

Anything to stay busy and keep my mind off the mailman and all the

appointments and letters which had to be juggled in preparation for this

surgery. I'm post-op now...but I clearly remember the waiting for surgery.

We encourage you and support you. Tackle some small project every day which

you've been putting off. Make your lists of what you want to have ready for

when you're home from the MGB. Gather in your after-surgery liquids. You

may not be able to control the timing of all this paperwork, but you can use

the time to keep yourself sane Love and a hug to you! Dee in MI (16

Dec 99)

[Guest guest]

Hi, Sara! It's Dee from Michigan and I'm so aware of what you must be going

through as you wait to hear from the various offices and staff. While I

waited, I cleaned out drawers, closets, cars, old letters...you name it!

Anything to stay busy and keep my mind off the mailman and all the

appointments and letters which had to be juggled in preparation for this

surgery. I'm post-op now...but I clearly remember the waiting for surgery.

We encourage you and support you. Tackle some small project every day which

you've been putting off. Make your lists of what you want to have ready for

when you're home from the MGB. Gather in your after-surgery liquids. You

may not be able to control the timing of all this paperwork, but you can use

the time to keep yourself sane Love and a hug to you! Dee in MI (16

Dec 99)

[Guest guest]

Hi, Sara! It's Dee from Michigan and I'm so aware of what you must be going

through as you wait to hear from the various offices and staff. While I

waited, I cleaned out drawers, closets, cars, old letters...you name it!

Anything to stay busy and keep my mind off the mailman and all the

appointments and letters which had to be juggled in preparation for this

surgery. I'm post-op now...but I clearly remember the waiting for surgery.

We encourage you and support you. Tackle some small project every day which

you've been putting off. Make your lists of what you want to have ready for

when you're home from the MGB. Gather in your after-surgery liquids. You

may not be able to control the timing of all this paperwork, but you can use

the time to keep yourself sane Love and a hug to you! Dee in MI (16

Dec 99)

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I got my copy of Dr. R's letter to my insurance company in the mail today!

I was very relieved because I had been afraid that maybe my patient info

form never got to Dr. R's computer.

My husband called the insurance company for me, and (of course) they have

not received the letter yet. So, we faxed my copy to them, just to try to

give a better chance of them getting it.

Also, my insurance company said they would like the doctor's office to call

them before they look at the written info. I called Dr. R's office and

talked to Barbara (she was very nice and patient with my questions), and

she said that there are two different things going on here - there is

predetermination and then there is precertification - and they shouldn't

need any call for predetermination. I had not realized that there were two

parts of this whole horrible and scary insurance process.

Apparently first it has to be decided whether they will possibly pay for

this kind of surgery (predetermination), and then they will start thinking

about whether they will actually approve me to have this surgery

(precertification). The exclusion in my policy that has to do with weight

says that they will not cover any treatments for obesity, except morbid

obesity. I am assuming, and hoping that that means that they will cover me

since my BMI is now 43 (it was 42 when I started this process, and I'm

scared I will just keep going up and up if I don't have the MGB soon.)

I would sure appreciate any uplifting words of encouragement anyone can

give me. I have stayed fairly calm until this point in the process, and I

am trying very hard to continue to remain calm, but I am having a really

hard time because this is my LIFE we are talking about here, and SOMEONE

ELSE gets to decide whether I can have relief from my co-morbidities,

whether I can have a decent quality of life, and possibly even whether I

live or die!!!!

Thanks for all your help, support, and answers to my questions.

Sara