Congratulations on taking this very important step towards obtaining a healthy, life-long changing lifestyle.  At Puget Sound Surgical Center we want you to know that you are partnered with a team of medical experts that will help educate, support, and navigate you through the entire surgical process.  One key element to understand and navigate is your insurance coverage and the criteria necessary for you to be covered by your provider.  This step is necessary to complete before surgery can be scheduled. 

**IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER**: Obtaining approval from your insurance company is ultimately your responsibility. We will help as best we can to move that process forward. However, the coordination, process and outcome are not the responsibility of PSSC doctors or staff.

As a courtesy, we will help work with you on understanding your insurance eligibility and determining if you will be pre-authorized to have weight loss surgery—we can also advise you to ensure your documentation is complete for submission..  However, it is important that you understand that you will be responsible to help procure these documents and submit them in a timely manner.  It is also important to know that this process is not necessarily routine or systematized across all insurance companies—chances are your particular case will be unique and may require a multitude of components before we are able to get approval for surgery.  That being said, let’s first understand the insurance verification process.