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Re: CPAP vs Auto

Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2016 6:31 pm
by chunkyfrog
Oh, if you were not titrated yet, the single pressure bricks he specified are
100% WRONG

Re: CPAP vs Auto

Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2016 7:10 pm
by Cardsfan
Do you know for sure your insurance requires your prescription to specify APAP? You can have the DME see if your prescription for CPAP is sufficient to cover what you want.

Re: CPAP vs Auto

Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2016 7:53 pm
by Wulfman...
Julie wrote:"Are you in Canada? They're resistant to dispensing APAPs/Autos there."

It may sometimes be harder in some places here, but I wouldn't blanket-statement quite so quickly. I didn't know one end of a machine, let alone auto from cpap, when I first started out, but was given a new auto and good explanation and that was 10 yrs ago.

Just saying .

Yeah, I guess it depends where you live, but over the years I've seen so many posts (like these) about it that it seemed like it was in so many places on your side of the border.

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=110036&p=1052641&hi ... P#p1052641

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=99883&p=929463&hili ... AP#p929463

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=94624&p=919381&hili ... AP#p919381

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=95962&p=890740&hili ... AP#p890740


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Re: CPAP vs Auto

Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2016 3:51 am
by Holden4th
Go and talk to your GP (General Practitioner here in Australia). As a doctor he/she is qualified to write prescriptions for your sleep apnea. GPs tend to know very little about CPAP and will usually let you talk them into whatever you want. This is what I did to get a change of machine from my DME. As long as they're covered legally they don't care.

Then again, here in Australia I don't need a prescription to buy a machine.

Re: CPAP vs Auto

Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2016 7:30 am
by Kaibyrd
My DME just called and they have the 'script for the auto I want!!! I'll get it tomorrow. You just gotta do your research, know what you want and demand it. Thanks y'all!!!

Re: CPAP vs Auto

Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2016 7:56 am
by ChicagoGranny
Kaibyrd wrote:My DME just called and they have the 'script for the auto I want!!! I'll get it tomorrow. You just gotta do your research, know what you want and demand it. Thanks y'all!!!
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Re: CPAP vs Auto

Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2016 7:57 am
by ChicagoGranny
Kaibyrd wrote:
No, I'm in the states, just below DC.
There is nothing lower than D.C.

Re: CPAP vs Auto

Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2016 8:13 am
by chunkyfrog

Re: CPAP vs Auto

Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2016 8:31 am
by Kaibyrd
LOL!!!