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by latskogkatt
Thu Jul 21, 2022 2:31 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: New Here -- Have Questions
Replies: 38
Views: 7960

Re: New Here -- Have Questions

OP mentions the sketchy DME wanting her "to sign an agreement where they could automatically charge your credit card or auto-debit a bank account for anything insurance doesn't cover." I believe that is known as "balance billing" and is prohibited my Medicare and probably by other insurers as well....
by latskogkatt
Wed Jul 20, 2022 12:38 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: New Here -- Have Questions
Replies: 38
Views: 7960

Re: New Here -- Have Questions

--A morning update-- I spent awhile on the website for my insurance plan last night (in the middle of the night, because, of course that's when I was awake) and eventually found how to search for "in network" DME's... and the one I'd been sent to by the sleep doctor wasn't on there. Apparently he th...
by latskogkatt
Tue Jul 19, 2022 6:21 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: New Here -- Have Questions
Replies: 38
Views: 7960

Re: New Here -- Have Questions

Thank you, Pugsy!

I just thought of another question. Do mask sizes tend to be consistent across styles and brands, or is it like shopping for clothes, where you might be a small in one brand and a medium or large in another?
by latskogkatt
Tue Jul 19, 2022 5:17 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: New Here -- Have Questions
Replies: 38
Views: 7960

New Here -- Have Questions

I confess I've been lurking the forum without an account for about a month or two. I got my official diagnosis in mid-June, for the second time in my life... long story, but didn't do anything about it when it was first diagnosed, many years ago. I just got contacted by the DME today... I'd been tol...