Insurance & Dieting

I just going documentation of me my dieting..

The only thing that the doctor was able to give me me information on weight and the drug I was using for 4 months.

Do you think I should start with someone else that can give me more than that type of documentation for BCBSIL?

Any thoughts would help

The documentation of a diet drug for 4 months is very important.  How long ago was this attempt?  BCBS just shortened their "supervised diet attempt" to 3 months.  If this was recently, you may be past that hurdle.

This was 2 months ago.

Did you have BCBSIL?

I hear it is really hard to get an approval.

Dear Tracy:

I had and still have BCBS of IL PPO.  Getting approval is easy if you give them EVERYTHING they want.

When I first started, the supervised diet was 12 months, with a 5 year history of morbid obesity in addition to many other criteria.  I had been trying to lose weight for over 10 years under my docotr's care, but they wanted 1 visit per month, every month, not too many days arpart or close together for 1 more year, DOCUMENTED.  We started all over.  In month #9, I heard that they had changed to 6 months supervised dieting.  I got my records together and sent them in and was approved in a week.

Please contact YOUR BCBS and ask them what the criteria is, then give it to them.  You will have no problems.

Thanks!

I have the new policy......now they only want at least 3 months.

I got invovled right on time!

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