mercer transportation

Discussion in 'Mercer' started by kw12, Jul 21, 2012.

  1. kjoseph

    kjoseph Medium Load Member

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    After reading another sleep apnea message from the safety guy, who in all seriousness knows more about certain things than I do, he said two drivers were not able to get their physicals by the examiner because of bmi and needed the sleep study. Now, last time a ruling was published the Feds even agreed that this is questionable science and correlation to being fatigued. It was pushed off many more years for study. Question, why would anyone go to any examiner that even mentioned sleep study? Question, why would you tell your employer and not just go to another doc and get your card? Any "chain" med offices are a red chariot, they are looking for the money grab, go find Doctor majunda if you know what I mean and stay working. I mean I'm 6'2 225 lbs and an idiot at concentra said I needed a sleep study. Adios before I had my shirt off. Lol
     
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    Lol...That's crazy. Your height and weight is about average. Are you sure you are a truck driver? With that height and weight, you should be a world class athlete. I hear ya on the drivers that don't have sense enough to go somewhere else. Even the drivers from other countries that come over here to drive know better than that, and they don't even speak English.
     
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    Guess I should add. They always say a person don't have to be smart to drive a truck, but I guess you have to have sense to stay in one.
     
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    No doubt. My height and weight are indicative of the blatant money grab. Why you would go where that happens and why you would tell your job is plain stupid.
     
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    My brother runs three to four miles a day is not over weight and has sleep apnea.l don't think BMI has as much to do with or the only thing to cause sleep apnea.
     
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    That's where the problem is per the federal research, there is no cause or any one item indicative of someone having it. Clearly some of the mainstream clinics i.e. Medexpress, concentra, urgent care are in with sending business to the local sleep joint. Lots of money to be squeezed out of companies and drivers.
     
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    It was all explained during the truck show. The law was pushed back but guidance on BMI and sleep studies was pushed through. I don't remember all the ends and outs but basically there was something about Drs. And RNs and stuff having to follow the guidelines to maintain their certifications or something. So even tho it's not law it's gonna get done. It's all BS.
     
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    That's the thing, no law. The guidelines are recommendations, not requirements. I was just surprised that a few drivers here had told the company they couldn't qualify instead of just going to another examiner.
     
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    I need to read it again but I thought he said they both went got denied two times. But I could be wrong.
     
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    Oh he just said it was different clinics.