Just feel like b*#ching

My packet has been with insurance for 2 weeks. I called this AM and they said they requested more info from MD and have called MD twice.....I called MD's office to find out what was going on and she said she has called insurance twice and is waiting for response. She said she will work on it again today and also said my insurance is a pain and they don't do too many revisions so she's not surprised and thinks it will take a while to get approval. NOT what I want to hear. I am so ready and just want it approved, scheduled and done. My insurance is Tricare Prime North Region. Anyone have this insurance and want to share experiences? Thanks for listening.

I would email, not call, the doctor's office. Email is much harder to ignore. Phone messages can get lost or ignored.

TC isn't any more of a pain than any other insurance, and it was unprofessional of her to say that. Call the regional contractor and see what information has been requested. I frequently see information requested but not sent or not clearly marked as additional info, so it sits in limbo until someone finds it and moves it to the appropriate person or department.

Good luck

The nice thing about TRICARE is that they only have so long to approve/disapprove requests, ONCE they have all the information.  You can also track your information via mytricare.com.  Revisions aren't as common (at least in my neck of the woods) but 4 the 5 I've seen in the last 5 years were approved.  Moral to my story...hang in there.

Good point. I forgot about the online option to track authorizations.

I had a revision from band to RNY with TriCare.  I had the same issue but all ended well.