Prime Inc. 2013 Sleep Study

That's crap you have to buy a machine.If companies want you to be tasted for sleep abnea then they should pay for all additional cost as well as the doctor bill.How much does a machine cost?I'll look if up nevermind.

 

Probably hard to sleep when going broke though huh?
As far as the machine etc goes, I would think that a person would know if he/she is sleeping OK already?
And granted I have never been overweight etc, but a low ball trucking company being so specific about BMI?
If they put as much thought into letting their drivers/flease operators make decent money, they'd be a lot better off IMHO.

Martin

 

It's just another angle for them to make money.

 

Ahh Ok, never thought about that side of it. Makes sense now though!

Martin

 

Actually, there a few guys here who have said they never realized the lack of sleep they had until after they got a machine and started using it. It's one of those things that sometimes until you know different you think you're just normal and that being tired is normal.

 

I still dont see how driving a truck would emphasize that though, or indeed what the heck it has to do with Prime in general.
They determine that you are overweight with their BS BMI crap, then ASSume you dont sleep right?
Makes as much sense to me as their flease deal does......none
Martin

 

It's not Prime, It's new federal guidelines for sleep apnea. If you have a BMI over 30 a neck size over 17 inches, self report sleep problems and there is a fourth that skips my mind at the moment. If you meet two of any of the critera you have to get a sleep study. If the people doing the study find you have apnea you are certed for one month to give you 30 days to show compliance by using the CPAP.If your Dr is really anal you'll only be given a 3 month cert after that to show continuing compliance. after that then you only get a year cert because you have a condition that needs to bo monitored. Apparently the Dr I went to was getting so many complaints they printed a list of the guidelines they were given to fallow and were giveing them to drivers.

 

Never heard of it before, and not heard a thing about it at the carrier I am leased to neither. New one to me I guess, and something that Prime has apparently been taking advantage of for some time according to the OP's first post. How long has it been in the federal rulebook, if you say it is "new"?
Mind, after reading the Prime forum(s) and seeing how folks (lease operators) there think @$110 a week is good money, nothing surprises me with them anymore.....

Martin

 

They aren't "specific" about BMI... no limits, and it's up to a doctors diagnosis whether you take the sleep study or not. Or you could just go to some high-end outfit (paraphrasing fer ya) like Schneider National... who requires EVERYONE to take a sleep test, whether they fit the criteria or not.

That, my friend, is entirely up to the lease operator. You can run smart and make money, or run stupid and go bankrupt. Grist for another thread...

The sleep study is ordered by a doctor's diagnosis, who incidentally, has no interest in the financials of the study or the machine. The study is performed by Sleep Pointe, a national company, that has no financial connection with Prime, except they happen to be under contract to perform the tests. No idea who supplies the machine, but it's not Prime.