Which DME

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 12:28 pm

I live in Northern Virginia and am looking for advice on which DME to use for my CPAP Therapy

1. LINCARE, Chantilly, VA
2. APRIA, Alexandria, VA
3. Roberts Home Medical, Germantown, MD

Anyone with advice and/or experience with these or other DMEs I should consider?

Wulfman · Post by **Wulfman** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 12:49 pm

I would suggest:

https://www.cpap.com

or

http://www.billmyinsurance.com

The "brick and mortar" places will rip you off.

Den

cybergoon · Post by **cybergoon** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 1:09 pm

Though Wulfman brings up a good point, we all know that is not always an option.

I have had experience with two of the DME's you mentioned. Apria and Lincare.

Apria was my first DME and I was not impressed. They do not "rent" masks. If you try one, you buy it. They were pretty responsive, when I called about something, they took care of it quickly.

Lincare was my second DME and remains my current DME. Lincare let's me "rent" masks to find out what works best for me. Lincare isn't as responsive as Apria was for me though. When I call to get a different mask, it seems to take them longer to get them in stock, etc...

In 3 months with Apria, I owned 3 masks, none of which worked for me. In 3 months with Lincare, I have tried 3 masks and finally found one that I "purchased" from them. It makes sense to try masks to find out what is going to work for you, rather than buying a bunch of masks and having them take up room in your cpap treasure chest.

My vote is for Lincare.

I had called BMI and they told me that they couldn't help me.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 12:21 pm

That is cool that Lincare will let you rent masks. Do you have to pay the rent out of pocket or do they bill your ins. co?

cybergoon · Post by **cybergoon** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 4:30 am

I haven't had to pay out of pocket, so I assume that they are billing my insurance