Denied- Big time disappointed

So, my insurance denied my request to approve surgery citing, "Not Enough Evidence, Lack of Supervised Weight Loss Efforts"

I am so confused!! I went through more than 6 months of visits, food logs, mental health appointment, support group attendance! I've lost a little weight; I have DEFINITELY not gained!

This sucks

Let your drs office handle it, especially lack of evidence. Mine was denied, 1st appeal by drs office denied 30 days later, 2nd appeal denied a few weeks after that, then suddenly approved a few days later.

Insurance companies have to manage the risk of potential lawsuits s saving money by denying procedures.

I agree - see if your clinic can/will follow up on it - they're used to dealing with insurance companies.

Thank you, I called them a couple of days ago and asked them to get more information

Besides what the others have said, just remember one important thing: Never Give Up, Never Give In." Keep fighting the fight to get your health in order. Remember the line from Apollo 13? Failure is not an option.

All you need to do is fix what they say is broken. Certainly not the end of the world.

Also, READ what they said was wrong, not what you think is wrong.

The reason I say this I'm relatively certain that the denial had anything to do with you not losing weight in your supervised program. Losing weight is NOT a requirement, only that the program is well documented. If actually losing weight was a requirement, the vast majority of us would have been bounced out.

Good luck,

Tek

Agreed, I gained weight during the supervised weight loss period.

very true. I just feel like it's a personal attack, though I know all I am is a number to them.

So sorry to hear this. Don't give up! Keep fighting for your health.

Thank you. I'd just a crappy time, I guess. Trying to see the silver lining