Obesity surgery

4 Responses to “Cutting it close for insurance approval?”

1. Osvaldo Tuyet Says:
   June 3rd, 2007 at 12:46 am

   I had blue cross and the surgery with Dr Foster in 2004 and there was no
   insurance problem. All I paid was the copay for initial hospital inpatient stay
   which was 500

   Hi everyone! I’m also a lap RNY patient of Dr. Foster’s. My surgery date
   is December 14th at El Camino Hospital in Mountain View. With a little
   more than a month left to go before my surgery, I’m starting to get
   nervous because Yvette hasn’t submitted my paperwork for insurance
   approval to Blue Cross yet. Do you think this is a valid concern or is
   this the normal timing for insurance approval?

   Thanks for any insight you can lend!

   Bernadette~
   Current 341/Goal 165
   

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2. alix_10 Says:
   June 3rd, 2007 at 3:19 am

   My approval from Blue Cross came back fast. Don’t stress. Just check to see if
   Yvette has all the paperwork she needs from you then leave it in her capable
   hands.

   Jen

   Hi everyone! I’m also a lap RNY patient of Dr. Foster’s. My surgery date
   is December 14th at El Camino Hospital in Mountain View. With a little
   more than a month left to go before my surgery, I’m starting to get
   nervous because Yvette hasn’t submitted my paperwork for insurance
   approval to Blue Cross yet. Do you think this is a valid concern or is
   this the normal timing for insurance approval?

   Thanks for any insight you can lend!

   
   Bernadette~
   Current 341/Goal 165

3. Neva Marjory Says:
   June 3rd, 2007 at 2:03 pm

   Hi Bernadette,
   My surgery with Dr Foster is scheduled for Dec 5, when I asked Yvette
   about insurance approval, she told me not to worry, it would be easy. I
   have Health Net. So I am not sure if I am suppose to do anything or not.
   I guess she knows what she is doing.. good luck
   Lynn

4. polly1700 Says:
   June 3rd, 2007 at 6:46 pm

   Hi Lynn and everyone.

   I trust Yvette completely and know she’s very good at what she does… the
   timing just seems too close for comfort. I’ve made so many arrangements at
   work to cover for my 3 week outage… not to mention family members are
   traveling/taking off of work to be with me. A back-up plan isn’t in place
   if Blue Cross denies the surgery (other than just canceling), so I’m just
   feeling antsy. I can’t really afford to self-pay, so I’m nervous about
   signing on for a big chunk of debt.

   Anyway, thanks for listening!

   Bernadette~

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