Question:
anyone with kaiser Cororado know the quaifcations for wls

I have no cormorbilities, but my BMI is 48 I'm wonderind if I'm wasting my time.I'm doind EVERYTHING they ask, just wondering if anyone has been approved w/o comorbs bmi under 50 in Colorado.    — [Anonymous] (posted on November 14, 2001)

November 14, 2001
Have you joined their Weight Management Program yet ? Kaiser HMO of Colorado requires that you be a member of their weight loss management program for a year before you can even apply for WLS. Then they only do a certain percentage a year and it's decided by committee. They also only do an open proximal RNY at least as of last year. As for the specific guidelines for BMI, I believe they use the NIH guidelines, but you can find out at the weight management meeting at Russell Paviliion at St Joseph's. Since I wanted the DS, not to mention didn't want to jump through Kaiser's hoops (average weight loss for their year long program is 30lbs), I switched insurance companies. I switched to Great West PPO and was approved for the DS (had in California..CO surgeons only do the RNY so far) in less than 24 hours! I am now 6 days post-op :)
   — Anita N.