Guest guest Posted August 17, 2004 Report Share Posted August 17, 2004 Cindee, I was approved for the DS in March of 2004. I have Blue Cross/Blue Shield HMO Cal Pers Preferred Plan. The program fee is still $2,000.00 I also heard that as of 1/2005 Blue Cross/Blue Shield will no longer be contracted with Delano Regional Medical Center. I called Blue and they said that they were still trying to work out the contract. I also called Delano Medical and they said the same thing. After calling both of these I called Dr. K's and they read me the memo put out by DRMC stating that they are still working on keeping everything as is. So, if he has Blue, he might want to check and be sure that they will still cover his hospital stay after the first of Jan. Good luck to all three of you. Cheri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 17, 2004 Report Share Posted August 17, 2004 > Just curious....would you all be willing to share what type of > insurance you had and how easily you were approved for the ds though > your plan? > > My ex-husband had his appointment scheduled with the RNY surgeon > today and found out (written in very tiny print of course) that > > ******************************** we have Healthnet HMO and got approved. they denied me at first and I called them and talked to the lady who was part of the decision. I told her if I was not approved, they would be paying more money for all the health problems I was and would be dealing with. Within a week, I was approved. Now Im waiting for my hernia repair to be approved. vicki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 18, 2004 Report Share Posted August 18, 2004 Cindee, I had United Health Care POS - 2 1/2 years ago - and they approved and paid without a hitch. Not sure if they still do though. hugs, cindy lee -- In DS_Friends_Keshishian , " Cindee and Ray " <firecoupleinca@y...> wrote: > Just curious....would you all be willing to share what type of > insurance you had and how easily you were approved for the ds though > your plan? > > My ex-husband had his appointment scheduled with the RNY surgeon > today and found out (written in very tiny print of course) that > > 1. They are not a preferred provider for Blue Cross-Blue Shield so > his share of costfor hospital and Dr visits will be higher, also, > 2. They want a $1000 program fee. (never mentioned until the last > minute of course) > > He has open enrollment for insurance at work in 2 weeks, and can > change to another insurance which will take effect in January. He > previously had Pers Choice PPO and it was wonderful! But we don't > know yet if it will cover the ds. We talked about it and decided if > he has to pay the $1000 program fee plus hospital costs for the RNY, > he may as well save the $2000 up and change insurances and have the > ds, even if it means waiting a few extra months to get the new > insurance in place. > > We did already talk to Arianna today, faxed her his insurance info, > and she is going to see if there is any way his current insurance > will cover the ds, if so, he is going to just start sending Dr K's > office a couple of hunderd bucks a payday until the program fee is > paid for PLUS his back child support will end in May of next year so > he will have a bit more cash each payday as well. > > As someone once said, where there is a will there is a way! > > Right now, we are just curious what insurances others here had that > covered their ds so that he can make an informed decision about > switching insurances! > > Cindee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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