I got pre-approval from my insurance company for both sleep studies, the original study and the titration. My ENT, who is a Stanford-trained sleep specialist, reviewed the study results and said that I had mild apnea that needed treating because of my daytime symptoms. She wrote a prescription for A...

I should have been clearer. I did a full all-night apnea study at the Blue Shield-approved sleep center, electrodes everywhere. I was then sent for CPAP titration, and again did that all night. Then my ENT wrote a prescription for CPAP; Blue Shield has refused to authorize it.

Even though my ENT thinks the apnea is worth treating because of daytime exhaustion, and even though my blood ox got as low as 75%, Blue Shield of California refuses to cover CPAP for me; I "don't meet the criteria". I'm trying to get further data, and have asked my ENT, a sleep apnea specialist, to...