02-04-2018, 05:22 AM
Does any listed supplier take Medicare assignments for DME?
Do any of the Apnea Board's listed suppliers "do Medicare". I've checked a number of suppliers on the list and have seen M/C handling excluded or not mentioned (or missed by me?).
LinCare is my DME and tells me I am again M/C eligible for an entire new mask and headgear. I'd like to try the relatively simple Innomed Hybrid but Lincare does not handle it and won't.
(Though better with the tongue seal technique, I'm still a frequent mouth breather and am a side sleeper. I use the P10, a cervical collar, a bit of Lansinoh, and I stretch over my lower face and Velcro around my neck an elastic, lip-compressing neckerchief-like binder--that to simply retain a lightly clinging, but friendly and non-stick Silipos mouth sealer (all that with addition of an F10's anti-asphyxiation valve in its DIY hose adapter).
Results at 29 months after a rough start with a full face mask (F10 and Amara View): about a year of mostly near zero leaks and frequent nights with zero leaks and zero apneas with the P10. But it's long been a pain to "suit up for the night", get tensions and positioning right (in front of a mirror) and then have that right angle valve adapter at the end of the P10's hose.)
Thanks for reading. I added what has worked for me so well with the thought others who are struggling like I did might find something useful.
Advice would be appreciated.
2SB
LinCare is my DME and tells me I am again M/C eligible for an entire new mask and headgear. I'd like to try the relatively simple Innomed Hybrid but Lincare does not handle it and won't.
(Though better with the tongue seal technique, I'm still a frequent mouth breather and am a side sleeper. I use the P10, a cervical collar, a bit of Lansinoh, and I stretch over my lower face and Velcro around my neck an elastic, lip-compressing neckerchief-like binder--that to simply retain a lightly clinging, but friendly and non-stick Silipos mouth sealer (all that with addition of an F10's anti-asphyxiation valve in its DIY hose adapter).
Results at 29 months after a rough start with a full face mask (F10 and Amara View): about a year of mostly near zero leaks and frequent nights with zero leaks and zero apneas with the P10. But it's long been a pain to "suit up for the night", get tensions and positioning right (in front of a mirror) and then have that right angle valve adapter at the end of the P10's hose.)
Thanks for reading. I added what has worked for me so well with the thought others who are struggling like I did might find something useful.
Advice would be appreciated.
2SB
I have no particular qualifications or expertise with respect to the apnea/cpap/sleep related content of my posts beyond my own user experiences and what I've learned from others on this site. Each of us bears the burden of evaluating the validity and applicability of what we read here before acting on it.
Of my 3 once-needed, helpful, and adjunctive devices I have listed, only the accelerometer remains operative (but now idle). My second CMS50I died, too, of old age and the so-so Dreem 2 needs head-positioning band repair--if, indeed, Dreem even supports use of it now.
Of my 3 once-needed, helpful, and adjunctive devices I have listed, only the accelerometer remains operative (but now idle). My second CMS50I died, too, of old age and the so-so Dreem 2 needs head-positioning band repair--if, indeed, Dreem even supports use of it now.
