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Re: Smart Cpap and Insurance

Posted by MikeW on May 21, 1998 at 20:13:04:

In Reply to: Smart Cpap and Insurance posted by bruce h on May 14, 1998 at 00:13:55:

You can push and get a bipap or similar device, you just can't get there in one step. With most insurance companies you have to work your way up from a CPAP. Basic steps are:

1) Get CPAP and wait a short period of time
2) Complain of trouble, e.g., hard exhaling at high pressure (true in my case)
3) Get Doctor to whine to Insurance company and specifically say a BiPap or Smart Cpap is medically necessary and normal CPAP doesn't work.

It took me about a week or two before I got my BiPap. Unfortunately, this sort of patience will seldom get you a heated humidifier since most insurance companies will refuse. $100 vs $3-400. SOBs.

Mike

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