Insurance companies are soooo rediculous

Ok, so now I get a call from my surgeon's office and they tell me that I have to be weighed in again because I went to my doctors FIVE DAYS EARLY and they can not accept that weight. I was down 10 lbs at that weigh in, for god sakes what do they think I am going to do, gain it back....I don't know.  They were fast to get back and tell me that I needed another weigh in for September, so that is what I did.  I didn't know what date I went in the month prior.  I think if they look real close, they will see that my appointments were not all four weeks or 30 days apart, that they were done in monthly visits.  I didn't write when I went to the docs last, I just went the next month.  I am beginning to believe that the insurance company is going to deny me. 

I know they are following guidelines but I don't want to pay another $20 to have the doc weigh me. 

Is it possible you can go get weighed without having a regular appointment and not having to pay for it?  The doctor is not the one that weighs me at appointments, it's a medical assistant.  If all you need is a weight written in your chart, maybe they won't charge for that if you ask nicely?

Unfortunately, the doc has to fill out some paperwork and then I fax it to the surgeon, who then faxes it to the insurance company.  So no, I have to see the doc, so while I am there, I am going to see him about a couple other things....May as well get my money's worth...

I just called the surgeon's office and was told that I need to fax it to someone who is on vacation until Monday, which means who knows when it will get to the insurance company but I sure will be on the phone next Monday asking if there is a way to get it rushed and to tell her to tell future patients to make sure there is a month or more between appointments.  Well, I guess my surgery will be sometime in October or November.  Well, hopefully it will be done before the new year because I sure don't want to pay an extra $350 because they drug their feet....

 It should not cost a dime to have a medical assistant record your weight...   I know dealing with the insurance co. is a pain, but if you want them to pay, you may have to bite the bullet and jump through a few firey hoops.