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by badgolfer
Thu Feb 15, 2007 4:27 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Can I get a new CPAP sooner than 5 years through Medicare?
Replies: 8
Views: 1600

Sorry - don't know how I managed to get a smily face in there - thought I typed numeral 8!
by badgolfer
Thu Feb 15, 2007 4:25 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Can I get a new CPAP sooner than 5 years through Medicare?
Replies: 8
Views: 1600

Linda, I have had two subsequent tests - 4 yrs ago (changed from original 16 CFM down to 13) and another test 14 months ago (recommended CFM - . Guess my biggest problem is the sleep lab which admittedly didn't do the correct test to qualify me for a new CPAP machine. Must be my Irish temper - can't...
by badgolfer
Thu Feb 15, 2007 3:54 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Can I get a new CPAP sooner than 5 years through Medicare?
Replies: 8
Views: 1600

Don't know if any one else has had this experience but I am caught in a catch 22 CPAP situation. Don't have a copy of my original sleep study (9 yrs. ago in another state) and recent study (pressure striation ?? in Nov. 2005) does not qualify me for a new CPAP machine according to Medicare. They wan...