About VSGtheNP
- Sleeved or not sleeved:
- I have not had a gastric sleeve.
- Location:
- Illinois
- Interests:
- Research, reading, and advocating for the underserved
- Occupation:
- Healthcare
- Gastric Sleeve Surgeon:
- Dr. Chandra Hassan
- Surgery date:
- 2018-07-12
Total Posts
- Total Posts
- 40
- Posts Per Day
- 0.02
Visitor Messages
- Total Messages
- 1
- Most Recent Message
- 03-16-2018 08:15 PM
Total Thanks
- Total Thanks
- 22
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Thanked 19 Times in 16 Posts
Total Welcomes
- Total Welcomes
- 425
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Welcomed 22 Times in 1 Post
General Information
- Last Activity
- 11-04-2018 09:53 PM
- Join Date
- 10-13-2017
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VSGtheNP on 05-12-2018 at 04:53 PM
Well, the insurance coordinator submitted my file on May 3rd. The insurance company recieved the file on May 4th and assigned my case to a representative on May 7th. Okay....the insurance represented indicated VSG procedure was approved on May 7th, however, the "in patient" prior authorization was denied because its considered "hospitalization".
So, the bariatric insurance coordinator has to speak with the surgeon and resubmit the prior authorization again; she's
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VSGtheNP on 05-01-2018 at 10:16 PM
I am so happy to announce all the health insurance requirements are completed. I was especially concerned with the physch evaluation. Initially, I did not want to reveal much of my past. Not because I am ashamed, however, because I believed revealing my past would suggest futher therapy therefore, prolonging the required six months to possibliy eight or twelve months.
Well, I decided to reveal everything, submit a photo timeline of my weight history over the past eighteen years,
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