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PSA - Never let your DME tell you no. Know your rights/plan
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04-28-2021, 12:47 PM
RE: PSA - Never let your DME tell you no. Know your rights/plan
04-28-2021, 01:47 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-28-2021, 01:47 PM by SarcasticDave94.
Edit Reason: tablet cannot spell/autocorrect is crazy
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RE: PSA - Never let your DME tell you no. Know your rights/plan
Dr. Dolittle: Mr. Patient I need to see you right away. The results from the test are in. You're going to die in 3 months so can I see you in 4 months from now?
Bit of an overkill but you see my point.
Mask Primer
Positional Apnea INFORMATION ON APNEA BOARD FORUMS OR ON APNEABOARD.COM SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED MEDICAL ADVICE. ALWAYS SEEK THE ADVICE OF A PHYSICIAN BEFORE SEEKING TREATMENT FOR MEDICAL CONDITIONS, INCLUDING SLEEP APNEA. INFORMATION POSTED ON THE APNEA BOARD WEBSITE AND FORUMS ARE PERSONAL OPINION ONLY AND NOT NECESSARILY A STATEMENT OF FACT.
04-28-2021, 02:12 PM
RE: PSA - Never let your DME tell you no. Know your rights/plan
overkill. good'n Dave!
04-30-2021, 01:12 AM
RE: PSA - Never let your DME tell you no. Know your rights/plan
My PA took a year to convince me that I should at least take the ApneaLink home (at the time the ApneaLink was free -- the hospital auxiliary bought it with fundraising.) I turned it in and she was on the phone within a couple of hours, and I could tell she was freaked by the 79% desat.
Took 2-1/2 months to get a sleep lab study. Another 2-1/2 months to get a prescription and find a DME in-network with my insurance that was within 100 miles. (That included a great 2 hour conversation with my insurance company customer service rep who emailed me the list and went down one-by-one telling me who was terrible!) Two weeks to wait until the DME could get the then-brand-spanking-new-just-off-the-assembly-line Airsense10. I note somewhat sheepishly that when you tote up who was the dawdling idiots in this story, I'm one of the idiots. I think my PA was really the only one on top of things!
04-30-2021, 07:34 AM
RE: PSA - Never let your DME tell you no. Know your rights/plan
For me, it took about 4 months, from sleep study to actually picking up my machine. Totally ridiculous!
The system is definitely broken...
OpalRose
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04-30-2021, 12:19 PM
RE: PSA - Never let your DME tell you no. Know your rights/plan
Certainly the system is broke, but financially they're definitely not broke.
Mask Primer
Positional Apnea INFORMATION ON APNEA BOARD FORUMS OR ON APNEABOARD.COM SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED MEDICAL ADVICE. ALWAYS SEEK THE ADVICE OF A PHYSICIAN BEFORE SEEKING TREATMENT FOR MEDICAL CONDITIONS, INCLUDING SLEEP APNEA. INFORMATION POSTED ON THE APNEA BOARD WEBSITE AND FORUMS ARE PERSONAL OPINION ONLY AND NOT NECESSARILY A STATEMENT OF FACT. |
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