A sleep apnea patient asks KUTV to investigate why she needs a third sleep study in order for Medicare to pay for her CPAP.
Valorie Ivers needs a CPAP machine to help her sleep. She’s been diagnosed with sleep apnea through multiple sleep studies.
“I’ve had two, in 2014 and 2015, so in less than a year I’ve had two sleep studies,” she said.
The studies are a pain, so Valorie was upset when she got a letter from her CPAP provider, Apria Healthcare, saying she needed yet another sleep study in order for the device to be covered by her insurance.
Valorie,
First you should have said on the news report you already had 2 studies done! The 1st one to determine that you actually had Sleep Apnea and a second one to find a therapeutic pressure to take care of all your disorders!!! Sorry that you have to do a third one, but always read all of your paperwork when it comes to Medicare.