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- Sun May 19, 2024 5:40 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Looking for a new mask
- Replies: 2
- Views: 576
Re: Looking for a new mask
Medicare pays for one cushion a month, so that may work for you.
- Thu May 16, 2024 1:48 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Medicare requires repeated new split study? After 15 years of cpap use.
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3331
Re: Medicare requires repeated new split study? After 15 years of cpap use.
So as long as you are a Kaiser Senior Advantage member--possibly for the rest of your life--you will have to pay a monthly 20% rental co-pay for CPAP and an O2 concentrator. To my surprise Kaiser does not charge me for rent on a CPAP - senior advantage plan. New machine ordered last Dec, it was a o...
- Wed May 15, 2024 2:56 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: OT.....Trump falling asleep in court
- Replies: 34
- Views: 9709
Re: OT.....Trump falling asleep in court
Look at the timing on his social media postings. He doesn't sleep at night.
- Mon May 13, 2024 1:30 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Kind of scared, split sleep study again after almost 20 years on PAP
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2402
Re: Kind of scared, split sleep study again after almost 20 years on PAP
I have a couple of thoughts on this: First: Is a sleep study REALLY required by your insurer? If you are Medicare, it is not. If Medicare doesn't require it, most likely a supplement/Medi-gap plan will not either. If you are under a private insurer, ASK. You can also check the Evidence of Coverage (...
- Fri May 10, 2024 1:23 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: I am a nervous wreck
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4101
Re: I am a nervous wreck
I have moderate hypoglycemia. I guess it is an age problem that I have to eat regular meals lately every 4-5 hours. My carbs are about 100 day, too high but working on that Hypoglycemia is a pretty clear sign of insulin resistance, and needing to eat regularly "every 4-5 hours" is a sign that you a...
- Wed May 08, 2024 11:53 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: I am a nervous wreck
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4101
Re: I am a nervous wreck
Have they ruled out other causes of your daytime sleepiness, such as narcolepsy? Have you looked at factors like your diet which may contribute to daytime sleepiness? Diets heavy in carbs can set you on a blood sugar roller coaster. If you have a surge of energy after eating then get predictably sle...
- Sun May 05, 2024 7:40 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Insurance Fraud? Airsense 10 and ROTECH.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2947
Re: Insurance Fraud? Airsense 10 and ROTECH.
You know, I am thinking about this. If the Supplier is having me sign a contract with them, then my Advantage plan DOES NOT HAVE A BINDING CONTRACT. You bring up an interesting point that I've NEVER understood. The actual contract you have with your insurer is called an Evidence of Coverage (EOC). ...
- Fri May 03, 2024 9:15 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Experience with Cigna and Travel CPAP
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1612
Re: Experience with Cigna and Travel CPAP
Cigna may not care which E0601 machine you get, but the DME might, as the Airsense Mini's are about 20 - 30% more expensive than the standard machine. Most insurers, by contract, pay an agreed-upon flat amount for ANY E0601 machine, and you are responsible for (usually) 20% of the agreed upon price....
- Fri May 03, 2024 9:05 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Insurance Fraud? Airsense 10 and ROTECH.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2947
Re: Insurance Fraud? Airsense 10 and ROTECH.
Advantage plans have the option of charging perpetual rental, you never own the machine. Here, for example, is how this is explained in the Kaiser Sr. Advantage Plan Evidence of coverage: In Original Medicare, people who rent certain types of DME own the equipment after paying copayments for the ite...
- Wed May 01, 2024 6:54 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: I went to CPAP class!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2256
Re: I went to CPAP class!
Was your CPAP class with Kaiser? Are you on Senior Advantage? If so, you might want to check your Evidence of Coverage (you can find it online, it's the actual contract between you and your insurer). HMO's can charge a perpetual rental and Kaiser does. So you NEVER own your machine, and you have to ...
- Wed May 01, 2024 6:51 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: effective block for spouse's snoring?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 925
Re: effective block for spouse's snoring?
Schedule her for a sleep test!
Barring that, foam earplugs.
But seriously, schedule her for a sleep test. Drive her there. Take her out to a nice breakfast afterward. But make sure she gets one.
Barring that, foam earplugs.
But seriously, schedule her for a sleep test. Drive her there. Take her out to a nice breakfast afterward. But make sure she gets one.
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 6:05 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Medicare requires repeated new split study? After 15 years of cpap use.
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3331
Re: Medicare requires repeated new split study? After 15 years of cpap use.
Yes, please do narc out the greedy doctor, who is apparently hoping for a big kickback, regardless of whether or not the patient survives the exam. NOT in Kaiser. Kaiser is capitated, which means they get the same amount from Medicare whether they provide a LOT of treatment, and testing or NONE. Th...
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 5:42 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Bad bad sore throat, any ideas?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 758
Re: Bad bad sore throat, any ideas?
Have you been tested for reflux?
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:15 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Weight loss drug trial claiming to reduce Sleep Apnea. Hmmm?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7841
Re: Weight loss drug trial claiming to reduce Sleep Apnea. Hmmm?
Weight loss definitely works for some people in reducing or eliminating OSA. If it does, the trick is to maintain the weight loss long term. And those drugs have some nasty side effects, not sure how much has been studied truly long-term (20 - 30 years???). We are learning a lot of drugs we THOUGHT ...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 9:04 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: My resmed shuts down when it gets cold
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1248
Re: My resmed shuts down when it gets cold
That's 57 degrees in Farenheit. We turn our heat down to 55 degrees at night, and I've never had that issue. It gets that cold in our room sometimes. You might talk to your provider or to ResMed about this.