Re: Which insurance companies are approaving now?

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Which insurance companies are approaving now?

> Hello,

> I am just wondering...if all of the insurance compaies are turning this

> surgery down...WHO IS ACCEPTING IT? Does anybody know?

Cigna is still approving it, but you have to prove " medical necessity. " How

one defines that term exactly, I have yet to figure out.

alyssa

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At 8:46 PM -0700 8/28/01, Judie Hensel wrote:

> > I am just wondering...if all of the insurance compaies are turning this

>> surgery down...WHO IS ACCEPTING IT? Does anybody know?>>>>

>

>Medicare accepts it....so does medicaid.....cigna on some......

>

GEHA/Alliance for Federal employees just paid off on my claim. Took

a bunch of phone calls to spur them on, though. --Steve

--

Steve Goldstein, age 61

Lap BPD/DS on May 2, 2001

Dr. Elariny, INOVA Fairfax Hospital, Virginia

Starting (05/02/01) BMI = 51

BMI on 08/28 = 41