Turning the head for bipap?....Brilliant!! I can see the research paper now... Manual Application Of Bi-level Positive Pressure Via Variable Applied Automotive Processes. September 2008, jnk, BrianRT, babette, et.al BTW, the manometer was from a home visit to calibrate a CPAP......it's usually my bl...

Oh, my dear Babs....you know how it can be....

....sometimes your the waffle....

....and sometimes your the syrup

I'm surprised the forum still had me in the databanks. It's been a long time. Free time is fleeting but I will try to make it more regularly on here.

Cheers All!

Actually, I was driving around and had a digital pressure manometer laying in the passenger seat and decided to stick it out the window at different speeds since I have wondered the same thing. Now, keep in mind that the airflow is VERY turbulent and nowhere near as laminar as the controlled environ...

Thank you Rosemary. I appreciate that. To clarify a point made earlier. The $200 charge is seperate from the amount a person would usually owe, say, the 20% of an 80%-20% plan for example. To lightly respond to oceanpearl ( who I think was being a little facetious about being a business owner), ther...

What you should do is quit! Go out tomorrow and open your own shop. You don't have to invest any money, rent a building, train people, buy equiptment, pay the utilities, ete, etc, etc......Then you can set around on your butt, get rich and not do anything for anybody.......and laugh all the qay to ...

Don't be that woman, Brian! Now THAT made me laugh out loud! Yep, the mortgage and kids.....ever see "Thank You For Smoking"? with Aaron Eckhart?? It's a really cool movie and the line about "everybody has to pay their mortgage" is in it, several times I like the idea of the virtual RT for CPAP.com...

Oh Babs, my little IHOP hottie.....hugs to you, I know it's been a while. I understand about covering the costs as it seems everything is going up (esp our health benefits) That would certainly be the reason they would give. I suppose in my view of it, they sure make enough jack off of all the other...

That's a good point, guest. I'm also wondering if the private insurances wouldn't take issue with the fact that, in essence, the DME is not taking what the insurance considers "allowable" by charging the patient for more. For a provider that is 'in-network' with an ins. co, this is a no-no per their...

Well I had thought I worked for a pretty decent 'mom and pop' DME that did things a little different and went a little further for the patient than most of the others. However, an order came from a doc's office to set a patient up on an auto w/ a-flex. Knowing this doc, the auto is 'to keep' instead...

A few things..... Have you tried the humidifer at lower settings? It's counterintuitive but a higher setting can cause more condensation therefore allowing less moisture to get to your airways. Are you a new user? Sometimes it's just part of the adjustment phase no matter what you do. Re: what the t...

Babs.....I AM being the family guy........actualy I'm Mr. Mom as DW is working 12hrs at the hospital today (she's an RT too).

Besides....<sniff>....you guys are my family too (a collective "awwwww" rises from the forum)

Much like trying all the syrups on waffles...........

Hey sweetheart. Did you ever try a set pressure of 13?

Oh believe me Den, the O2 concentrator market is a bigger rip-off than XPAP for DME's True, the $400+ is the charged amount and then there's the allowed amount of which you would pay %20 of. BUT, until you rent that puppy out for the whole 36 month term (I'm using Medicare guidelines which a lot of ...

Sounds good 6pt. Do let me clear something up. What I am referring to is the DME leaving the O2 after the PAP is delievered and never picking it up though it isn't needed anymore. Being on O2 until you get your XPAP isn't a bad idea, especially in the severe cases. Knowing how long it can take from ...