08-09-2021, 03:33 AM
RM AirCurve10 VAuto: On Sale for $1225, AB supplier No. 14
There is no real prospect for getting a new VAuto except to buy out of pocket. It's the usual low AHI but high FL problem with the AutoSet well titrated and set to EPR3, but me needing more pressure support for better sleep with FL control. Accordingly, I ordered a VAuto from No. 14.
My pulmonologist is good, would test me, as he was sure would be required, but he didn't believe I would qualify for the VAuto with my flow limitations and very low AHI. My O2 drops would likely be insufficient.
So the MC cash drawer is ready to pay for a new Autoset if I fail, as is most likely, to qualify for a VAuto in a new sleep test and that would push total cost higher than if coverages provided the VAuto I need. Maye not. I'm not current on what price MC approves for Autosets, VAutos and sleep tests.
"Due" for a MC+Anthem AutoSet replacement last September, I'll wait 'til my high hour VAuto gives out, then, maybe, get the new 11 Series Autoset, give it a compliant trial and keep it as a backup for my VAuto that will arrive and could be needed soon (in preference to the used AutoSet I have on hand in a go bag).
The DME hounded me to replace the Autoset for a couple of months until I had to get forceful to keep the phone from ringing.
Overshadowing all of this, for all of us of course, is the question how long will it be before largess of the "DC" printing press crashes our economy.
My pulmonologist is good, would test me, as he was sure would be required, but he didn't believe I would qualify for the VAuto with my flow limitations and very low AHI. My O2 drops would likely be insufficient.
So the MC cash drawer is ready to pay for a new Autoset if I fail, as is most likely, to qualify for a VAuto in a new sleep test and that would push total cost higher than if coverages provided the VAuto I need. Maye not. I'm not current on what price MC approves for Autosets, VAutos and sleep tests.
"Due" for a MC+Anthem AutoSet replacement last September, I'll wait 'til my high hour VAuto gives out, then, maybe, get the new 11 Series Autoset, give it a compliant trial and keep it as a backup for my VAuto that will arrive and could be needed soon (in preference to the used AutoSet I have on hand in a go bag).
The DME hounded me to replace the Autoset for a couple of months until I had to get forceful to keep the phone from ringing.
Overshadowing all of this, for all of us of course, is the question how long will it be before largess of the "DC" printing press crashes our economy.
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Of my 3 once-needed, helpful, and adjunctive devices I have listed, only the accelerometer remains operative (but now idle). My second CMS50I died, too, of old age and the so-so Dreem 2 needs head-positioning band repair--if, indeed, Dreem even supports use of it now.
Of my 3 once-needed, helpful, and adjunctive devices I have listed, only the accelerometer remains operative (but now idle). My second CMS50I died, too, of old age and the so-so Dreem 2 needs head-positioning band repair--if, indeed, Dreem even supports use of it now.
