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Stan,
I would advise you to call your doctor's office to find out if (or when) they have sent the preautorization request in. I have had doctors tell me they were submitting it to the insurance company by the end of the week, and then sit on it for a month before sending it. They get busy, and sometimes a few phone calls can help give them a little push to file those papers. Often insurance companies have deadlines to rule on preauthorization requests. For example, my ins. company has 72 hours from the time they recieve a request in the preauthorization department to approve or deny a service. You might check if yours does. It sure beats anxiously awaiting the mailman day after day.