Walgreens Health/Home Services as DME?

[netsweeper]

Has anyone used Walgreens (Health/Home Services) as their DME? I was referred there today by my sleep lab and was quite impressed with the service. They scheduled me an appointment on the same day, got me a loaner until my permanent machine comes in, fitted me for a mask and allowed me to choose the mask of my choice. This seems to be cut above the norm for most DME’s especially when dealing with insurance (by the way, I didn’t even have to fill out any paperwork as they already had all the information from my sleep lab).

The staff was very helpful and gave me some great info as a newbie.

So far so good, but wanted to see if anyone had any good or bad experiences with them.

Thanks,

Chris

[kteague]

Wow, that's news to me. Has this been available all along or is it something new?

[Slinky]

Well, I'd say its an indication that there's a tidy profit to be made in the sleep apnea DME supply business.

[netsweeper]

[quote="kteague"]Wow, that's news to me. Has this been available all along or is it something new?

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Well the funny thing is that I interviewed with this company about a year and a half ago. It was then that I learned that Walgreens provided home services, but they were only in a handful of markets. But the good news is, they are expanding like crazy. Hopefully they will be able to service most markets like the drug store has.

I get my perm machine on Monday and I'll post an update to let you know how they did explaining things to me.