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Denied Originally. Re-submitting again this June/July
I was originally denied surgery when I applied in June of 2015, due to my insurance requirement of having 12 months of both nutrition visits & primary care visits to co-sign the nutritionist. In August they changed it to 6 months but it had to be 6 months consecutive & my doctor still had to sign off on it monthly, but I never had that.
Starting in December I started to do my visits to the nutritionist & Doctor over. I will complete my 6 months in June. I had to revisit my psychiatrist to get clearance again. When I see my primary care this month she will medically clear me for surgery. Then I will see my nutritionist & Doctor again in June & send it all off to the insurance company. I hope to get approved this year. I'm really about my glo'up. *Fingers crossed* once I have my surgery I will put down my down deposit for my plastic surgery in Dominican Republic. I'm looking forward to having a TT + Lipo + BBL. I will most likely save my breast lift & implants for a local doctor & have them done in the states.
Starting in December I started to do my visits to the nutritionist & Doctor over. I will complete my 6 months in June. I had to revisit my psychiatrist to get clearance again. When I see my primary care this month she will medically clear me for surgery. Then I will see my nutritionist & Doctor again in June & send it all off to the insurance company. I hope to get approved this year. I'm really about my glo'up. *Fingers crossed* once I have my surgery I will put down my down deposit for my plastic surgery in Dominican Republic. I'm looking forward to having a TT + Lipo + BBL. I will most likely save my breast lift & implants for a local doctor & have them done in the states.
Insurance submission !
So when I contacted medi on 5/22 I was told that I was every visit was a nutrition consult. The woman at Medi was extremely helpful & told me to just have my surgeon coordinator to contact her & see what information they exactly needed. Well apparently without me even informing my surgeon coordinator (we were playing a long game of phone tag since 5/27) she was able to get the information she needed & start the insurance approval submission process!
YAYYYYY
Now it's basically the waiting part. I don't know how long this part usually takes for approval (or denial) from your insurance company. I've heard they have 45 days to respond or 30 days but usually take about 2-3 weeks, sometimes even less to give a response.
*fingers crossed* I hope I get approved. Excited that it's finally been submitted. I was worried I wouldn't have my surgery done in time to return to school in the fall, depending on how long it takes me to recover.
Can anyone tell me how long they waited for a response from the insurance company?
YAYYYYY
Now it's basically the waiting part. I don't know how long this part usually takes for approval (or denial) from your insurance company. I've heard they have 45 days to respond or 30 days but usually take about 2-3 weeks, sometimes even less to give a response.
*fingers crossed* I hope I get approved. Excited that it's finally been submitted. I was worried I wouldn't have my surgery done in time to return to school in the fall, depending on how long it takes me to recover.
Can anyone tell me how long they waited for a response from the insurance company?
Feeling a bit discouraged
so after thinking I was done. I called my surgeon coordinator to just confirm everything & she now informs me that medi weight loss only logged me for one nutritionist visit, so that means I have a total of 3 nutritionist visits & not the 6 I was originally told I have. When I spoke to her last she told me she had 4 from medi & 2 from Roger Williams. Now I have to try to schedule 3 other appointments with my new nutritionist. Which puts me out until July. I have done weight watchers in the past, but apparently they're unable to retrieve any of my data from my account.
*sigh* feeling a bit discouraged cause I was hoping to have surgery before it was time for me to go back to school in the fall.
*sigh* feeling a bit discouraged cause I was hoping to have surgery before it was time for me to go back to school in the fall.
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