Question:
I am going to be mailing my request tomorrow, is there anything else I need ?

I will have medical records (comorbities & weights highlighted), a letter of request from myself, a diet history (Dr supervised & not), and pictures of myself. My PCP has already submitted her letter of recommendation so that is done already. can you think of anything else that may be helpful?    — Lynda T. (posted on June 26, 2001)

June 26, 2001
Hi Lynda, I'm not sure if you mean that you are mailing the request to the ins co or your surgeon's office. All the info needs to be sent from your surgeon's office because the doctor also needs to submit a letter of request on your behalf, along with the procedure and diagnosis codes. So I would not advice you to send it to the ins co if that's your plan. Also if your PCP sent the letter to the ins co, I would suggest that you get a copy of it to attach to whatever you already have and send everything at the same time. It's not wise to separate info, because then it's possible that the ins co will misplace something and ask for it to be sent again. What you already have may be sufficient, but find out if you need a psych eval. Also if you have life threatening comorbs then it would be a good thing to have the relevant specialists write letters on your behalf to recommend the surgery. I wish you the best.
   — dandjon

June 26, 2001
I wrote a letter to my insurance even before my Doctor did and I told them my weight, height and BMI and I attached the diagonsis(sp)of what co-morbs I had and told them to be expexting a letter from my Doctor. I am still in the waiting process, but I know my file is before the review board. I felt like I need to do something. Good luck to you!
   — Kim M.