Weight Loss Surgery Treatment Expectations – Heart of America Bariatrics St. Louis MO
How long does a process take? Well, that really depends on two main factors, the individual looking for weight loss surgery and the insurance company. The first important step is the educational seminar. Next step is getting all the appropriate medical and diet history forms to our office for our review. Third step is having the complete history and physical examination by me, and then lastly our office will do a predetermination letter that we will submit to your insurance company. Once we get an approval for surgery, typically we schedule your operation at that time and it is usually about two to four weeks after the approval from the insurance company. In our program, we simply do not have any waiting list. We are able to run things very efficiently.