Has anyone here used Sleep Doctor for a home sleep study?
Hi All,
My daughter and grandson tell me I need to have a sleep study done for all the obvious reasons (snoring, etc.), so I've just ordered one.
Interestingly, apnea is causal or contributory to many chronic health problems and 87% of seniors with apnea go undiagnosed, so I've taken the first step. Some of them are:
Non-alcohol fatty liver disease
Type 2 Diabetes
High blood pressure
Osteopenia and Osteoporosis
Heart Attacks
Strokes
Just to let you know, Medicare does cover home sleep study costs at 80%, then whatever your gap coverage is.
Here is an article published by the Council on Aging about the Sleep Doctor, and I very much would appreciate hearing anyone's experiences with this test.
My physician had sent a prescription directly to Itamar Medical in Atlanta, GA in early October. Not a word from them. They do not answer their phones or emails. So I decided to try this route.
As I understnd it, the whole process will be completed, with results back to my doctor within a week. What a concept, hu?
Also, if you ar econsidering getting a home sleep study and doing a vitrtual visit with a sleep doctor such as this one, Medicare is ending coverage for almost all virtual medical visits, with the exception of mental health therapy and a few very specific other things.
Anyway, here is the COA article about how all this works for those interested:
https://www.ncoa.org/adviser/sleep/sleep-doctor-at-home-sleep-apnea-test-review/
By the way, I have no interest in Sleep Doctor or any equipment. Only seeking relatively quick results to prevent organ damage from apnea.
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Left a voice mail on the nurse line and messaged doc directly through portal.
He had initially ordered me a Blackstone Medical "sleep ring," which has horrible reviews, aa whopping "F" rating with the Better Business Bureau, hundreds of unresolved complaints, and many people online saying their results are inaccurate. No. I want THE state of the art home sleep study test, so I found the sleep doctor website and am happy so far, although I just ordered the zoom sleep doc visit and home test. (Incidentally, for anyone reading this who is considering this test, I was delighted to find they only required my name, dob, address, and informatin from Medicare & Gap policy cards. No financial information was required!)
I made an appt with a sleep doctor locally a couple of weeks ago, but it's not till mid-January, the 1st available.
I strongly urge everyone to get any testing, surgeries, etc. done while we still have our beloved Medicare!!! 