Be interesting to hear from some Medicare contracted suppliers in the Pittsburgh area.

Is having a Blue Cross insurance Company opening a DME a good thing ?

Looks like they have the support of the major manufacturers.

What are your thoughts............?

Could the $35 be for compliance documentation ? Some ins comp require you to use the cpap over 4 hours each night - others will monitor for first year.

This DME should have reviewed the price structure prior to or at least at the initial startup of cpap. Also, I would think that the DME company (Classic Sleepcare) would have also disclosed that you are out of network. Your concern is the $35 'service charge'. Could this be some service you requeste...

Could it be that when you start cpap, the ramp is active, thus no leak at 4 cm. As the pressure gradually increases to the prescribed pressure the mask leaks........say at about 8cm. Try placing your mask on and note the pressure. A ramp will be active for about 20 minutes. If you wear the mask for ...

Do the companies that are Contracted Medicare Suppliers all use the same type of PAP Equipment ? Are they providing machines that are of lesser quality or that don't provide the needed compliance recorder ? A 40% decrease in reimbursement - how do they provide the same quality machines ? Or, were we...

Medicare does not require a copy of your sleep test. They do require that the DME maintains in your file a copy of everything they state within the Medical Policy for CPAP.

Just about all insurance companies now have, in some form, a medical policy that should explain the requirements needed by your Medical Doc.(PCP), Sleep lab, Sleep Doc., DME, then follow-ups. Each must maintain records showing COMPLIANCE with the CPAP. Private insurance companies, for the most part,...

July 1st starts medicares Rd 2 for contracted suppliers. Seems like a mess to me. Was a sincere gesture.

Medicare Beneficiaries Good Luck………..Problems with service call Medicare or new contracted provider. 1-800-medicare

You may need that information going forward. Insurance requires it. Get a copy if you change machines.

If you pap unit was an antibiotic..............would you go from the generic to the name brand.
My point is.........you seem to be doing fine on the Icon. Why play with success.

Do you have a large copay ? That can make you sick.

Kidding aside, positional therapy seems like a good suggestion.

Just curious, what pressures are you set at ? Will the Icon tubing fit the S9 ?
You may want to get some type of read out on your compliance You have had the Icon 3 weeks.

Well, let's make sure those free-loading vets don't get a dime from the tax payers! They should be grateful we gave them the chance to get shot at. One day post Memorial Day. The very Day our Fathers, Brothers, Sons and Daughters gave their all so we can bitch about paying for a chin strap. How cou...

Call your sleep center, your sleep Doc or look in the yellow pages. rent a machine like your husbands. Have your prescribed settings placed in the machine. Have the sleep doc look at report. Forget the sleep study for now, it may be a machine or mask problem. May even be a YOU problem (increased ahi...