8 hours ago
I need a Home Sleep study provider enrolled in Medicare
I’ve had 4 attempts of doing a polysomnogram in a sleep. I can’t lay down and go to sleep with all that hardware etc attached to me, in foreign setting. I have hard enough sleeping in a hotel. Yes I’m an anxious person.
In 2011 I did an in lab study where I was given 10mg of Valium. Study was normal. Another ate was done 2016 where after tossing and turning all night I got up and went home at 430. In 2017 I was given 10mg of Ambien and had an AHIof <5 but told I had USRS and to use an MAD. It doesn’t help me get a good nights sleep. So another in lab study was attempt was done July 2024. Again another bust of a study.
It was suggested I do another study and take a benzo or Ambien again. The thing is I was on a benzo for 20 years, which I never should have been but I nor the doctors seem to know that. It was hell getting off and I can never take another benzo again. And Ambien is basically a benzo knockoff. So another in lab study is out.
So I’m left with doing a home sleep study which recently showed an AHI of 16 or low moderate apnea. It’s been suggested by the provider that did the sleep study I go on APAP. Problem is they are not enrolled in Medicare which is required if i want Medicare to pickup the $1000 cost of the machine.
So my question here is does anyone know of a provider who does home sleep studies and is enrolled with Medicare? My local sleep MD refuses to do a home sleep study saying they aren’t good enough. But I’ve given up on doing another in lab study and I know I’m having some breathing issues while sleeping and I need to address them.
In 2011 I did an in lab study where I was given 10mg of Valium. Study was normal. Another ate was done 2016 where after tossing and turning all night I got up and went home at 430. In 2017 I was given 10mg of Ambien and had an AHIof <5 but told I had USRS and to use an MAD. It doesn’t help me get a good nights sleep. So another in lab study was attempt was done July 2024. Again another bust of a study.
It was suggested I do another study and take a benzo or Ambien again. The thing is I was on a benzo for 20 years, which I never should have been but I nor the doctors seem to know that. It was hell getting off and I can never take another benzo again. And Ambien is basically a benzo knockoff. So another in lab study is out.
So I’m left with doing a home sleep study which recently showed an AHI of 16 or low moderate apnea. It’s been suggested by the provider that did the sleep study I go on APAP. Problem is they are not enrolled in Medicare which is required if i want Medicare to pickup the $1000 cost of the machine.
So my question here is does anyone know of a provider who does home sleep studies and is enrolled with Medicare? My local sleep MD refuses to do a home sleep study saying they aren’t good enough. But I’ve given up on doing another in lab study and I know I’m having some breathing issues while sleeping and I need to address them.
