Question:
Insurance approval

Does anyone out there have MVP insurance? If so, how long do they take to approve WLS? This insurance company is in Latham N.Y.    — Lorraine L. (posted on November 1, 2000)

November 8, 2000
I have MVP Insurance and have found someone on the web that has given me a lot of information. It only took MVP a day after they received all of the information they needed to approve the surgery. MVP does require your doctor to tell them that they are referring you to surgery and why and... 3 other referrals before you can see the surgeon. You need to have a nutritional consult, a psychological consult, and an endocrinology consult. The endocrinology was the hardest to make an appointment for. They wouldn't accept Obesity as a diagnosis, so I had to use hypothyroidism (which I have). But, I was very surprised at how quickly my doctors office gave me all of the referrals. Within the same day as my visit with my primary care physician, I had all of the referrals and all of the appointments. If you would like to find out more information, I can give you the other woman's e-mail so you can talk to her. She has had the surgery through MVP. And contact me whenever you want as well! Good Luck!!! my e-mail is [email protected]
   — Kimberly M.