What types of things did you need to do in order for your insurance to approve bypass/lap band surgery?
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 at
5:40 am
Anon asked:
A guy at my work had to do a sleep study, lose a percentage of weight on his own, and have an MRI on his gallbladder for gastric bypass to be approved. I am wondering if anyone else had to do similar things. Also – if people could stray away from the “just excersize, you dont need surgery” responses it would be greatly appreciated. I am just asking a question, not looking for life advice.
A guy at my work had to do a sleep study, lose a percentage of weight on his own, and have an MRI on his gallbladder for gastric bypass to be approved. I am wondering if anyone else had to do similar things. Also – if people could stray away from the “just excersize, you dont need surgery” responses it would be greatly appreciated. I am just asking a question, not looking for life advice.
Tagged with: Gastric Bypass • Insurance • Life Advice
Filed under: Lap Band
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It depends on the health of the patient as to what tests could be ordered, but there are standard tests that everyone must go through for any surgery. My husband had to get the sleep study done, lung function, cardiac clearance, plus even talk to a psychiatrist. His doctor requires all of this on top of the routine tests of blood work and chest xray. He never had a gallbladder MRI since he has no gallbladder. I don’t know if his doctor would have wanted that or not.
A lot of insurances require that a person goes on a weight loss diet plan through their doctor before they will approve surgery. I was told the idea behind that is that you are committed to losing weight and serious about this problem so that when you do get your gastric bypass, you are committed to doing the right thing with diet. I don’t know how true this is, but that is what my husband was told.
health-quotes.isgreat.org – here is my health insurance plan. As I remember they can provide such a service.
* Obtain all records relating to your weight or weight loss efforts.
* Patient’s weight should be 100 pounds or more than 100 pounds or a BMI more than 40 or more than 35
* List of health difficulties realted with obese candidate, for example type 2 diabetes, sleep apnea, hypertension, nausea, vomiting, gastroesophageal reflux, stoma obstruction, constipation, dysphagia, diarrhea, and abnormal stools and many more.
* Begin gathering a five year weight loss history.
* Number and types of failed weight loss programs tried in the past, if any.