The following statement was sent to me just yesterday:
"As of May 15, 2010, CIGNA has changed its position on reimbursement for sleeve gastrectomy, and will now cover the procedure. This coverage will be the same as the other bariatric surgery procedures covered by CIGNA."
This is great news for persons of size with CIGNA medical insurance that would prefer the gastric sleeve operation. CIGNA now joins Medical Mutual, United Health Care, Aetna, and Humana through OhioHealth as commercial payers that cover the gastric sleeve operation.
The only insurance companies in our area that have not yet approved coverage for this procedure is the Anthem/Blue Cross-Blue Shield insurance companies.
I am having a lot of trouble finding a doctor in Albuquerque to do the psych eval for the surgery. They are all telling me it is really expensive and Cigna will not cover it.
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