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Home Sleep Test Company Strikes Deal with Aetna
How big is this -- what does it mean?
LifeWatch AG announced today that Aetna (NYSE: AET) now has a national contract with LifeWatch to provide access to the NiteWatch Home Sleep Testing service for their members effective September 15, 2010.
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Oh the lucky Aetna insureds!! No more expensive in-lab PSGs for them. They can get their Dx's of OSA real quick now.
And they will probably even get a home titration w/a Resmed S9 Escape Auto which can report Pressure and AHI as well as compliance hours. Who cares about Leaks? Especially when first starting w/CPAP and mask. Who has many leaks when first starting out? And Leaks don't affect or skew the Pressure and AHI data. At least not very much. Yeah right!!
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I'm sure it will depend on the individual policy whether an in-lab test would be paid for. And, of course, I'm just as sure that the ONLY way an in-lab test would be paid for is if one fails CPAP therapy and their sleep doctor goes to bat for them and jumps thru hoops to get the in-lab testing approved.
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