Hi...Hope this doesn't sound silly but I am in search of a friend ( Male or Female) to hang out with in my area...Someone to go to movies, out to lunch together...Someone who wants to try new recipes together...Perhaps exercise, take walks, go shopping together...Or just to hang out and watch a movie while trying new healthy snacks that we create...I am 53 years old, non smoker, have a son age 31 that lives with me, as well as his dog who is people friendly...If you might be interested in making a new friend to hang out with, message me...Tammy

I truly wish you luck with your search for someone in Dayton who will take insurance.  A couple of years ago when I was looking to have my panniculectomy done, I called literally every single plastic surgeon in town who was on my insurance plan and every single one said that THEY considered it "cosmetic" even if the insurance would deem it medically necessary, and the best they could do was for me to pay them 100% out of pocket and then have ME submit it to the insurance company afterward and accept whatever insurance would cover.  In other words, they will only do it for full fee; they will not accept the reduced insurance contract amount (which, in my case, was about half of what was billed (insurance paid a little more than half for the surgeon but much less than half for the hospital charges)).  My friend Robin from her warned me about this (she encountered the same problem).

I was extremely lucky and found a PS who had just opened a new practice and was willing to do it with my insurance. (The only way I found him was to call the insurance company and ask for any PSs who had recently been added and were not yet listed on the "physician locator" portion of their website.)  Unfortunately, a friend of mine called him a few months later only to find that he, too, had joined the other PS in refusing to take insurance for a panniculectomy.

Perhaps you will have better luck with your insurance.  (Unfortunately, the surgery then becomes a matter of who WILL do it, not who do I WANT to do it.  I was glad that when I had my arms done (NOT covered by insurance) I then had a choice of surgeons.) 

I would recommend that you just start calling all of the PSs that are covered by your insurance plan and ask if they will sumbit it for insurance (but prepare yourself mentally to be told "no").  I don;t know why the PSs in this area have banded together on this (I have friends in other states who have not had this problem), but it was a very frustrating process because I started out with the assumption that if the surgeon was included on my insurance plan that they HAD to submit it to insurance for me.  Wrong.  I even called my insurance company anbd explained what was happening.  They just told me that there really wasn't anything they could do if the surgeon himself did not deem it medically necessary (even without ever SEEING me).

Lora

Hi everyone, I still have about 60 lbs to lose until I'm at goal but I'm going to be looking into plastics, I do have insurance that will cover some plastics if medically necessary, I was just wondering if anyone knew of surgeons in Ohio, preferrably near Dayton that accept insurance and will work with them for approval. I have posted before on the Plastic Surgery forum and did get a recommendation for one in Cincinnati but I know you are supposed to get a few opinions, so I thought I would post here to see if anyone had any advice. Thank you in advance!

Shed and Share
Tonight Jan 13th 2011
7pm
Cafeteria (downstairs turn left off the elevator it's in Dining Room I)

Hope to see everyone there!!!

Hey, Jim! Thanks for the info. I have every intention of trying to make it to the meeting next week. Hope to see you then!!