Motherly27

I Wanted To Know If There Was Anyone That Has United Healthcare Know What They Consider A 6month Supervised Diet?

I Have Been On Adpiex-p With My Doctor Off And On For 2years. I Would Go In And Be Weighed Each Month. I Would Lose Than Gain.

VanessaSFL

Good luck, You HAVE to call UHC or what ever provider you have.They can tell you the exact requirments.Do not put this off , so you don't waste your time doing things that may not be required.Focus on what the Provider wants and not hear say from others.

Good Luck & call your provider.

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LyndasRoom

It should be enough, but you never know. Good luckm and welcome!

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Cinerbelle

Please read the attached Thread... You need to call your insurance and research the exact requirements. Requirements change from state to state, medical group to medical group and employer to employer. You can not go by how others on the forum were approved.

Need Help Fighting United Health Care For Authorization

Motherly27

Cindy I Just Wanted To Thank You For The Link..i Did Speak With The Center For Weightloss That I'm Working With An They Said That Should Be Enough She Claimed That She Had People Approved With Less From United Healthcare. I Pray This Is The Case. I Tried To Get A Hold Of Uhc But Was On Hold Way To Long..


P.s...cindy Everytime I See You Before And After You Give Me Hope....you Look Great!!!!!!!!!!:d

Cinerbelle

Keep pushing for answers!!! It's easier to know up front what is expected then to be surprised later.

Thanks for the compliment and good luck on your journey!!

cjjordan

I have United Healthcare and have had many strange things happen. At first (Aug. '07) they said I needed the 6-mo. medically supervised diet. So I started that....all the while complaining that it wasn't written in my benefits package. THEN I get a call in Nov. from my care coordinator (an RN named Faith) who says, "Guess what? We've reversed our decision about the 6-month sup. diet. You don't need to do that. We'll get you approved for surgery as soon as we have a surgery date". I'm thinking, "WHAT????!!!!"

Then I hear from my WLS clinic that this same person at United Healthcare said that they were changing this policy again after the first of the year back to the 6-mo. sup. diet. Apparently they got too much heat from having a policy that wasn't in writing that they reversed it for a month and a half and then will have it in writing for their 2008 benefits booklets.

Are you still having trouble or did you get it resolved?