Verified Home Sleep Test™
The Federal Aviation Administration and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrative have recognized the affects that sleep apnea has on pilots and commercial drivers. FMCSA stated that, “in a recent study, drivers with severe sleep apnea were 4.6 times more likely to be involved in a severe crash in the seven-year period than drivers who did not have sleep apnea.”
The demand to sleep test commercial drivers, equipment operators and pilots has never been greater. Unfortunately, the traditional method of getting tested and prescribed therapy for sleep apnea is time consuming, uncomfortable and expensive.
Problems with traditional Sleep Testing and the process to acquire CPAP therapy
· Requires the time and expense of a doctor’s office visit for a referral to a sleep disorder center.
· Average of three weeks is lost, waiting for an available appointment at a sleep disorder center.
· Average cost for a sleep apnea test at a sleep disorder center is $1,400.
· Overnight tests at sleep disorder centers are intimidating, uncomfortable and include expensive, ancillary tests, not required to diagnose sleep apnea.
· CPAP therapy provided at sleep disorder centers is often inflated, compared to online retailers.
A Better Way: The Verified Home Sleep Test™
In 2008, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services approved the use of TYPE III, multi-channel home sleep testing to prove medical necessity required to obtain CPAP therapy. Even though a Home Sleep Test (HST) is preferred for it’s convenience, comfort and cost, there has not been a way to “verify” which specific person is actually taking the home sleep test...until now.
1) At the evening of the scheduled HST, a technician visits the customer at their residence, documents their identity, properly places the HST on them and initiates the test.
2) Our technicians are background checked and drug tested.
3) The location that the test is performed is verified by GPS tracking. The HST start time is documented by our technician and matches the time stamp on the HST report.
4) The HST device can tell if any sensors are removed during the test, making that test invalid.
5) A physician, Board Certified in Sleep Medicine, produces the nationally accepted HST report.
6) Customers can have a phone/video physician consultation to receive prescribed CPAP therapy.
7) We offer compliance monitoring, which is downloaded daily over a mobile phone network.
BENEFITS: The Verified Home Sleep Test™
· Drivers, Equipment Operators and Pilots can start therapy and prove ongoing compliance quickly.
· The Verified Home Sleep TestTM is a fraction of the cost of a test at a sleep disorder center.
· No need to wait weeks to see a doctor, or for an available hospital bed at a sleep disorder center.
· Our CPAP systems are competitively priced on our website, so there are no surprises.
The demand to sleep test commercial drivers, equipment operators and pilots has never been greater. Unfortunately, the traditional method of getting tested and prescribed therapy for sleep apnea is time consuming, uncomfortable and expensive.
Problems with traditional Sleep Testing and the process to acquire CPAP therapy
· Requires the time and expense of a doctor’s office visit for a referral to a sleep disorder center.
· Average of three weeks is lost, waiting for an available appointment at a sleep disorder center.
· Average cost for a sleep apnea test at a sleep disorder center is $1,400.
· Overnight tests at sleep disorder centers are intimidating, uncomfortable and include expensive, ancillary tests, not required to diagnose sleep apnea.
· CPAP therapy provided at sleep disorder centers is often inflated, compared to online retailers.
A Better Way: The Verified Home Sleep Test™
In 2008, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services approved the use of TYPE III, multi-channel home sleep testing to prove medical necessity required to obtain CPAP therapy. Even though a Home Sleep Test (HST) is preferred for it’s convenience, comfort and cost, there has not been a way to “verify” which specific person is actually taking the home sleep test...until now.
1) At the evening of the scheduled HST, a technician visits the customer at their residence, documents their identity, properly places the HST on them and initiates the test.
2) Our technicians are background checked and drug tested.
3) The location that the test is performed is verified by GPS tracking. The HST start time is documented by our technician and matches the time stamp on the HST report.
4) The HST device can tell if any sensors are removed during the test, making that test invalid.
5) A physician, Board Certified in Sleep Medicine, produces the nationally accepted HST report.
6) Customers can have a phone/video physician consultation to receive prescribed CPAP therapy.
7) We offer compliance monitoring, which is downloaded daily over a mobile phone network.
BENEFITS: The Verified Home Sleep Test™
· Drivers, Equipment Operators and Pilots can start therapy and prove ongoing compliance quickly.
· The Verified Home Sleep TestTM is a fraction of the cost of a test at a sleep disorder center.
· No need to wait weeks to see a doctor, or for an available hospital bed at a sleep disorder center.
· Our CPAP systems are competitively priced on our website, so there are no surprises.
