BCBS of MN 6 month diet

Hi everyone -

I just wanted to post a note about the BCBS of MN 6 month diet.  As of 2/16/09 it is six consequtive visits, not 6 month duration....yeah!  That means as of this coming monday (my 6th visit) I am done!

Check out this link:


http://notes.bluecrossmn.com/web/medpolman.nsf/WebUpcoming?OpenView

I wish this were true...here is the wording from that link....I think it means it has to take 6-months of time.  What do you think?

"...The medically-supervised weight loss attempt(s) must include six (6) monthly medical visits over six (6) consecutive months with all visits under the direction of a medical doctor ..."

hi there, do you mean you could go every week for 6 weeks and that makes the consecutive visits?

According to my surgeon's office, it's once a month visits for six months.  I don't believe you could go once a week for six weeks.  Sorry, it's six month's duration!

Therese

The wording has changed from :

...must have been at least 6 months in duration....

to:

...six monthly medical visits over six consecutive months.....

To me, that means it went from six months, 180 days, 7 visits....to six visits, which is really five months duration.

In any case, we are going to try to file as of 2/16 and see what happens.

I went through the process with BCBS of MN in 2008 and it was 6 visits over a 6 month time period. 1 visit per month for 6 months.

Good luck!

I work for bluecross of mn and had to go thru it myself. It is 6 visits with each visit 30 days apart. Hope this helps

On January 30, 2009 at 11:55 AM Pacific Time, queenie7275 wrote: I work for bluecross of mn and had to go thru it myself. It is 6 visits with each visit 30 days apart. Hope this helps
Thanks for the info - I am curious - so what is changing as of 2/16?  Are they just clarifying that they want six consequtive  months?  The current policy leads me to think it is 7 visits, but obviously they don't actually mean that if you and one of the pp's got approved after 6.