Re: Aetna and Blue Cross

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Shirly,

Thanks for your kind comments. To use the calculator that goes with

the BMI chart, replace my name with your name and my current wegith

and height with yours. Your current BMI, Post-op BMI and post-op

weight should be automatically calculated.

I have been in contact with Dr. K, and he will be incorporating much

of my work along with his own into an appeal for his BC/BS patients.

He should be finishing his letter soon, and I will review it. I

think that the issue is substantially identical to the one with

Aetna, though BC gives different referecnces. Dr. K and I have

swaped papers, so I have included some of the BC references as well.

Dr. K is working hard for everyone on BC, so I am sure he will be

succesful, though it may take time.

You might want to joint the group:

DS-Insurance_Authorization_Problems

Hull

> I just read over Hull's letter to Aetna and looked

at some

> of the charts. First of all, WOW ! What a brilliant letter! Now,

we just

> need one like it for Blue Cross (my insurance).

> Does anyone have the actual wording from Blue Cross as to

why they

> are calling the DS surgery " investigational " ? What's going on in

California

> with the fight against BC? I'm so new, I don't even know who to

call or

> write to.

> Dee at Dr. Keshishian's office says the BC doc's meet

again in

> September, so we need to make a powerful front a.s.a.p. Who will

be our

> leader? We need a " " for our battle.

>

> Hey, Chris. How do you work that weight loss chart? I think my

BMI is 55

> (I'm 5'5 " and weight 340). the way I read it I would lose over

300#.

> Probably didn't read it right, huh?

>

> ~Shirley in Arcata, CA

> (PS-Are you a gal or a guy? You have one of those " Pat "

names...)