ME requires sleep study but refuses to order it?

hey a company did the same to me 3 month card and when I got home went to see a another doc I said i need a new card and physical got my 2 year card easy this companies are going nuts saying just because your neck size and bmi is high sleep study !!!!! its bull crap for some ppl

 

I just passed a DOT physical a month ago to get my "permit" and into driving school. Schneider sent me to another DR. for their physical and DOT card. He said he wouldn't sign off till I got a sleep study. He said I probably wouldn't have any problems but he sent me anyway.
My personal doctor wouldn't request it because I used the letters DOT when I talk to them. I finally called the sleep clinic and they said my insurance wouldn't cover it if they said it was DOT but would authorize the preliminary if they didn't use DOT.
Anyway they set me up for tonight. It took them 20 minutes. I ask about the cost without insurance and it was $550 for the preliminary and if I do need a CPAP it will be another $450. That is Delta Medical in Memphis.
Good luck!

 

for whatever may come from it, you really should inform your Rep and Senators about this.

Apnea is serious. For those that have it. the arbitrary nature of recommending someone for study who clearly didnt need it needs addressed.

 

smart move. save any receipts associated with the costs too. Tax write off. work related expense.

 

just for giggles send a letter to the Sec of Trans too laying all that happened and why its important to get this reigned in , with some real guidelines and standards that docs must follow. Really a perfect example.

 

"Apnea is serious. For those that have it. the arbitrary nature of recommending someone for study who clearly didnt need it needs addressed."

I'm not sure how "serious" this is. It sounds like another hyped money maker for clinics and manufacturers. I got the results back on mine and they said I stopped breathing for at least 10 seconds 9 times in an hour while sleeping on my back. Normally I don't even sleep on my back but the bed they had me on was like sleeping on plywood. I had no problems when sleeping on my side. DUH! But I still have to get a $500 machine and now its on my med record. I'm convinced it is just the latest scam. Diabetes has about ran its course so they can't push it any more.
That is another story that bites my butt!! I had my first sugar levels tested in 1990 and it was ok. In 200o I was checked again. Same sugar levels but I was "pre-diabetic". In 2010 I was tested again. Same sugar levels but now I am diabetic because they lowered the "acceptable" levels!! DUH!!

 

umm, it IS serious. increase in risk for HBP. Increase in risk for heart attack. weight gain.micro sleeps while driving, oxygen deprivation to the brain.

Didnt I see you in the SNI forum about coming aboard? SNI covers all this. their dime. loaner machine til ins kicks in. Thas for company drivers. while soem methods for referral are arbitrary once its established you need this therapy, its covered. In total.