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ugh.. I get different stories with different dr offices.

I had one tell me that although they don't require a "DR" supervised medical weight loss you have to show proof, (Jenny Craig, etc.) for at least six months. She said I could not turn in the medical records showing my history of me being over-weight and writing a statement on my weight loss attempts over the years. I again asked her are u sure... this is not regular blue cross..this is federal. she said she called blue cross and even looked in the book...and it says it is required.

Then, I call another office... no diet history is required with federal insurance..... she said they will schedule an appointment... on that day I have my psych eval and meet with nutritionist. She said they request the medical records and see how long I have been over-weight.
She said they get the paperwork together..and submit it to the insurance and it usually takes about 3 days to get an approval.

I asked her...so, I don't have to do a diet for 6 months? she said no it is not required for federal blue cross blue shield insurance.

she said realistically december is so busy for them that the surgery would probably be sometime in january if all went well.

she basically said i'm a 'slam dunk' patient with my bmi and my sleep apnea.

I hate getting different stories from different offices... the last one is the only one out of 3 offices that said it is not required. I think they are getting mixed up with regular blue cross and federal blue cross or something?

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