Hello Truckers,
Need some advise: My son graduated CDL-A school about a month ago. His only experience is the 201 hours he got in school. When he got done with school he was told he had to get a sleep apnea test within 90 days or his DOT medical card would expire. His Dot card did show it expired 90 days out. While waiting on the sleep study (takes forever to get one done here in OKC) he applied at Werner and they were interested in hiring him but the only position they had in our area was for a team driver and he really doesn't want to do that so he stopped the application process with the Werner recruiter. After that he applied at TMC and Melton. A Melton recruiter called him up pretty quickly and they sounded like they were interested in hiring him but when they got to the DOT medical card part the recruiter told him to give Melton a call back when he gets his DOT medical card expiration date sorted out. No call from TMC ever.
So now 3 weeks later we got his sleep study done and the doctor says he has sleep apnea and writes him a prescription for a machine. He contacts the DOT medical people and they tell him to get a cpap machine, and to start using it and come see them in 90 days. Now his expiration date is refreshed to 90 days out again.
We attempt to go through insurance for the cpap machine but they start their usual crap that means were gonna have to go through a lengthy approval process, so we instead go through a rental company and rent him one for like $90 a month total out of pocket. My son contacts Melton again and they tell him the medical card still has a 90 day expiration that he needs to get sorted out before they can continue. Now a week later the cpap machine arrives in the mail and he is using it nightly. He hates it and says it feels like it is suffocating him and he cant sleep. So now we are playing go between with the Dr and the cpap rental machine company trying to get it sorted out so he don't get suffocated at night.
Obviously he needs to get the cpap machine usage sorted out so he can actually go back to being able to sleep at night and we will have that done by the end of this week hopefully. The Dr has to change the script and send us that new script via email, then we have to email it to the cpap company and then they have top remote connect to the machine and reprogram it, or so they explained to us. Its going to take bit of back and forth to get it going as intended.
What we need to know is this:
Thanks for your help.
- Is the run around he is getting from Melton typical for a rookie with sleep apnea and a 90 day DOT medical card expiration date? Are other companies going to act the same way?
- Is DOT just going to keep setting 90 day expiration dates because he has sleep apnea?
Question about CPAP and DOT medical card expiration
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by OkieDokie405, May 27, 2024.
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Schneider drivers with sleep apnea receive a CPAP machine and supplies free of cost. Schneider’s employee health insurance program considers the treatment preventive care.
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If he's a military veteran, he can get this one for free at the VA.
My nephew got this one and sleeps like a baby now.
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What Is Inspire Sleep Apnea Treatment and Does It Work?
- Inspire sleep apnea treatment addresses obstructive sleep apnea by stimulating airway muscles.
- The implanted device monitors breathing and delivers pulses to keep the tongue out of the airway.
- Inspire treatment is suitable for moderate to severe OSA cases that have not responded to other treatments.
- The treatment involves surgery and should be evaluated by healthcare professionals.
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