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Okay thank you! What all did you have to show that you had hypertension? Did your surgeon document it? Or did you get it from your PCP? Medicaid said I don't need to do the six month medically supervised diet but that I needed a pre-authorization form. Do you know what that is or did you have to have one? How long did it take you to get approved once submitting to insurance.
Sorry for all the questions but I am wondering lol
I think it will. I had slight hypertension, and didn't need medication for it as long as it didn't go higher. They approved that as a comorbidity. ( I had Fidelis under medicaid )
I wish you the best of luck.
I am in the beginning stages of having the DS surgery. I called my insurance company as I have Medicare and Medicaid and both stated that if considered medically necessary surgery is approved with a pre-authorization form and Medicare said you must have one or more comorbidities. Medicaid said you just have to deemed medically necessary to have surgery covered
My question is I was told I have chronic hypertension and found out I was pregnant. My surgeon office knows I am pregnant and I do take blood pressure medication for my hypertension. I was wondering will they be able to consider this as a comorbidities since this occured before pregnancy approx 2-3 months before pregnancy? I wasn't put on blood pressure medication until I got pregnant they were worried it'd turn into preeclampsia or eclampsia.
Is this able to be used to deem medically necessary? Since I have a blood pressure medication prescribed to .me. thanks y'all.
I get mine from The Vitamin Shoppe and just bought a new supply last week.
Vicki 
DS (lap) with Dr. Clifford Deveney. Cholecystectomy (lap) with Dr. Clifford Deveney 19 months post-op.
Has not weighed myself since 1/2010. Letting my clothes gauge my progress instead.
on 12/24/19 9:15 pm
I normally take 1 gel tablet of A, and even that has become difficult to find. I used to buy it in any pharmacy but now I have to go to a specialty store like the Vitamin store, or find it online.
I'm on disability and I am just wondering if they cover weight loss surgery 100percent. Will I have copay. I spoke to them and they said I shouldn't but I just want to hear from people who may have had insurance through disability and had surgery. I scheduled my inital consultation for January 16th and am planning to have surgery after my daughter is born in March 2020. Just wondering if anyone had experience with this. Thanks.
These are the best I have been able to find. Not perfect but better than nothing. https://www.amazon.com/Superior-Source-Vitamin-000-Count/dp/ B004X4WHS2/ref=sr_1_37?keywords=vitamin+a+10%2C000&qid=15771 27541&sr=8-37
Wow - I've been buying it on Amazon, but just checked and they're not even listing it anymore (I bought it a month or so ago).
Janet in Leesburg
DS 2/25/03
Hazem Elariny
-175
Biotech seems to have either hit a manufacturing glitch or too much demand. Currently their web site has a sold out message.
https://www.biotechpharmacal.com/products/a-25
We should all create an account an email them to see if they have a date when it might be back in stock.
Pete
HW 552 CW 198 SW 464 4/15/13 - Lap DS by Dr. Philip Schauer - Cleveland Clinic.
