My insurance requires either an annual or a bi-annual sleep study, I am on the bi-annual which I go through crap with any DOT physical.
Many insurance companies require on-going therapy and periodical sleep studies.
By the way my deductible is ZERO for all of it.
Sleep Apnea is a big stumbling block when getting work as a truck driver
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Diantane, Jan 1, 2015.
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Isnt ongoing therapy what CPAP therapy is?...Ins pays again and then some
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Of course the use of the machine itself is ongoing. What my insurance requires, to keep on doing their part on the supplies, is a visit to my sleep doc once a year. I take the machine in, he puts it on the computer and downloads the information off of it. He may, or may not want me to bring a recording pulse oximeter home for an overnight study. When I first started going to this one, he wanted me to come in every six months. After a couple of years, without any changes, I told him I'd come in once a year, and he agreed.
Now my supply company is a different thing. They either email or call me every three months with a "survey required by your insurance company." It is no more than a question and answer thing, my insurance DOES NOT require it, and it is just a thinly veiled advertisement to get me to buy more supplies.
Medicare will allow you two pillow cushions a month, and two air filters a month. They will allow you a complete new mask with headgear and pillow cushions every three months. What a total waste that is! I can see replacing the air filters a couple of times a month if you are in dusty conditions. But my face mask and head gear has seen a year or more of service. The headgear is just now beginning to lose it's elasticity and show it's age. The pillow cushions, if you clean them a couple or more times a week, they last much longer. Dawn and warm water is your friend with this. when you clean the reservoir and hose, and rest of mask, as they suggest on a weekly basis, using white vinegar one part, to three parts water and soaking for 20 minutes, then wash them in Dawn and warm water, and rinse thoroughly, they last a very long time.Tennesseahawk Thanks this. -
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Honestly, I'm not sure exactly how I would feel about that.
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I have one of the expensive bilevel bpaps, it had a wireless modem on it that insurance required for 1 year to make sure I kept compliant or they would not pay for it anymore but last year the modem was sent back in and wasnt needed anymore. The monthly payments on my machine was $309 a month for I guess just the year since I have not seen a statement in quite awhile.
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no I wasnt paying the payments, the insurance was but they would send me the statements
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I told my wife about what I've read on TTR, about the companies that set up a sleep study in a hotel room, and determine if you have sleep apnea from that. She said she'd never consider that a medical study, being a research nurse herself. To her, it's very unprofessional, and reeks of a money-making scheme. She just went to a sleep study; and last night was her first on a CPAP.
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