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Medicare to Pay for Dental Device Reimbursement
I'm hearing rumors that CMS/ Medicare is on the cusp of approving a billing code for oral appliances. so oral appliances would then be covered by insurance just the same as insurance covers CPAP.
what do you guys think the implications of this are for the patient and for Sleep Medicine as a business?
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Permalink Reply by Judy on
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What do I think??? If you think dental appliances are expensive now .... ha!! Watch the prices shoot even higher.
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Let me tell you how expensive they are the price tag is $ 2.000 to $ 5.000 and 95% of them don’t work and most of the dentists don’t tell that to their patients. I have done sleep studies with oral appliances and over 95% failed or made the apneas worse and for that kind of money I would want a money back guaranty.
Mike B RCP,psgt
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Mike Burns, out of curiosity: what does the RCP stand for? PSGT I recognize, but I don't think I've ever seen RCP before or if I have I don't know what it stands for.
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Permalink Reply by 99 on
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Respiratory Care Practitioner Rcp
Respiratory Care Practitioner (Rcp)
(R.PSGT.)Licensed Respiratory Care Practitioner.
Respiratory+Care+Practitioner+(Rcp)
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Thanks for the definition of RCP, 99.
Now I wonder what is the difference between a RRT (registered respiratory therapist) and an RCP (respiratory care practitioner).
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RPSGT = Registered Polysomnography Technician, NOT licensed respiratory care practitioner. Respiratory care is an entirely different field than polysomnography.
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Permalink Reply by Mary Z on
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Judy, do you really think prices will shoot up? Otherwise I think it sounds great. We hear from so many people with sleep apnea who are getting no treatment who would perhaps try a dental device if insurance covered them. Although if what Mike Burns said is true it would be a hole in the bucket through which our health care dollars would pour. Rock, do you test many people with dental devices. Mike, so do they fail miserably, or show at least some improvment over the person's untreated sleep apnea?
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[PDF] FAQs 1) What is the difference between the CRT and RRT credentials ...
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1) What is the difference between the CRT and RRT credentials? ... Graduates are NOT considered employable in Texas UNTIL the RCP license or a ...
gato-docs.its.txstate.edu/chp-department-of.../RC%20FAQ.pdf - SimilarRespiratory Therapist: Respiratory Therapy, respiratory care ...
28 Jan 2008 ... The next level up is called RRT or registered respiratory therapist. ... What is the difference between a Respiratory Therapist and a ... RCP includes both CRTs and RRTs. Depending on the hospital where one is employed, ...
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Yep, MaryZ, I do. I've never known insurances to get involved that prices don't go up. I well remember before dental coverage and vision coverage - and the prices shooting UP as soon as they went into effect. Like from one teeth cleaning w/o insurance and the next teeth cleaning w/insurance.
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