Getting Insurance Approval

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Hi all,

I am like many working on my packet, insurance, etc.,

and I thought I would share with you a part of my

conversation with a person in my ins. company's

pre-approval dept. I obtained the section of the

corporate medical policy that explained when surgery

for morbid obesity is covered and part of the criteria

was of course that you must have some proof that

non-surgical methods of weight reduction under a

physician's supervision have failed.

I have a poop-load of info. in my medical records

where I have continually asked for help to loose

weight. I have of course been on some of the drugs and

there is evidence of that in my chart. I was sort of

concerned that maybe that wasn't enough because some

of the things that I have been put on by the doc's

were Craig, Weight Watchers, etc. So I called

the insurance company to see if these were also

acceptable forms of proof for methods I've tried to

loose weight over the past 5 years(my ins.

requirement) and they said yes. So I have called the

nutritionist I've been to see, Craig, the

Wellness Center I belonged to etc., and all had copies

of my files, some dating back to more than five years

ago!!!!! These files contain weekly weigh-ins, diet

strategies, etc., that are proof of some of the

methods I've tried.

I didn't know if anyone else has done this or thought

about doing it but I figured anything that could

possibly help get me approved the first time out would

help.

Hope someone could use this info.(The ins. company

might be getting a 50 lb box of paper work before I'm

done but I'm on a mission. NO STONE WILL GO

UNTURNED!!!) hehe

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