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Otter wrote: They're not on the forum, but give http://SecondWindCPAP.com a try. Their customer service is at a level that I doubt you'll find anywhere else. It's a small bricks and mortar shop in MN, and they treat all their customers like small-town neighbors. And you can talk to an experienced RT who uses CPAP himself and strongly supports people managing their own therapy. That is something you won't get from any other online DME I know of.

Also, you can save some money buying a nearly new machine. They sell machines that have been used less than 500 hours and then cleaned and treated with ozone as they would be in a hospital. They also usually have a few unused, "open box" machines and a limited selection of new equipment.

avi123 wrote:If I was going to do a AT HOME Sleep Study, I would then consider:

this one:

The cost for an IDS Home Sleep Test will never be more than $300, even for those without insurance.

http://www.instantdiagnostic.com/ids/

They are using:

http://www.resmed.com/us/products/apnea ... s&sec=true

And this one:

http://www.1stlinemedical.com/patient-information.html

This uses the WatchPAT-200. Doing a one night test costs $200. If the result is positive for OSA then there is an extra cost of $95 for their professional’s interpretation.
A filled out form of Medical Needs, by any physician, is required.

http://www.1stlinemedical.com/sleep-tes ... ified.html

This is the Physician Registration Form in this place:



And this is the Certificate of Medical Needs:

avi123 wrote:This is the Physician Order for Home Sleep Test by IDS where they use Resmed Apnea Link:

G'night Gracie wrote:Received my sleep study report today! Really impressed with the responsiveness of the 1800cpap folks! Totally not sure what I'm looking at, and will be speaking soon to a rep, but thought I'd throw out some findings that you may be able to help translate for me and/or generate questions I should ask. From the report:

AHI: 35
RI: 39
OAI: 21
UAI and CAI: both 0
ODI: 23
Avg. saturation: 94
Lowest saturation: 77
Max pulse: 196
Avg pulse: 74
All apneas obstructive, none unclassified, central or mixed
Rx for AutoSet with Easy breathe at default settings

mollete wrote:

G'night Gracie wrote:Received my sleep study report today! Really impressed with the responsiveness of the 1800cpap folks! Totally not sure what I'm looking at, and will be speaking soon to a rep, but thought I'd throw out some findings that you may be able to help translate for me and/or generate questions I should ask. From the report:

AHI: 35
RI: 39
OAI: 21
UAI and CAI: both 0
ODI: 23
Avg. saturation: 94
Lowest saturation: 77
Max pulse: 196
Avg pulse: 74
All apneas obstructive, none unclassified, central or mixed
Rx for AutoSet with Easy breathe at default settings

Did you get the Archived Study File?

I get suspicious (j/k! My baseline is downright cynical!) when I see values like "Max pulse 196", which tells me they did not really check the results completely (and potentially just left it at AutoScore).

mollete wrote: Did you get the Archived Study File?

G'night Gracie wrote:

mollete wrote: Did you get the Archived Study File?

I will need to send them a thumb drive, onto which they can copy the digital file, and then send it back to me.

mollete wrote:

G'night Gracie wrote:

mollete wrote: Did you get the Archived Study File?

I will need to send them a thumb drive, onto which they can copy the digital file, and then send it back to me.

The archived file is only ~5 MB. Why can't they email it?