My understanding from the guys I worked with who had to go thru it was that it's all on the driver. Cash or credit card up front. I sure hope that isn't still the case. Good luck driverDoes Fedex pay for sleep apnea treatment?
Does insurance cover the cost?
Any information will help
Thank you
I forgot to mention that, but yes FedEx pays for the sleep test.They've been paying for sleep studies in my building. Idk if they pay for the machine. If you have an HSA, I think you can use that for equipment and supplies.
Took a act of congress to get off of it.Cpap is a game changer. Get one.
Oh, check Criagslist.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ALL FACTS^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Concentra will get you into a CPAP machine even if you don't need it is my experience. We have a department that deals with it at FedEx. You will be mailed a sleep test kit to wear one night. Then you send it back to be read. I was set up with a video call doctor halfway across the country that said I needed it. Like it's been said it is expensive for the machine. They will call several times a week and sometimes daily for you to reorder supplies when they think you should have run out. At least now you will get to re-certify your DOT every year.
Your life support machine is fairly quiet. Hopefully you have some type of headboard on your bed to keep the hose somewhat out of the way but it will still be a bother. Look forward to having air shoot into your eye at random times during the night due to sleep positions or the tube getting caught on your pillow. If you try to talk to the wife with it on it will steal your air so no more pillow talk. I was able to go to sleep in about 30 minutes with it on compared to just a couple of minutes not wearing it. Sleeping the whole night was the norm until I started the CPAP life, now I wake up 3-6 times a night.
Now I am more tired during the day and have to fight the urge to fall asleep in the afternoon during prime pick up time. The closer I get to Friday the more tired and cranky I get. Thank you Concentra and FedEx for enhancing my life through science.
Who sends you for a sleep study you or FEDEX? If it’s FEDEX…… what’s the signs they see to send you for one?My understanding from the guys I worked with who had to go thru it was that it's all on the driver. Cash or credit card up front. I sure hope that isn't still the case. Good luck driver
Who sends you for a sleep study you or FEDEX? If it’s FEDEX…… what’s the signs they see to send you for one?
FedEx has a sleep dept. Concentra will do a BMI and measure your neck and that's pretty much all they need to trigger it. I think the neck measurement is 19 inches. Concentra will give you a temporary extension on your DOT to get tested. So when you turn in your paperwork to management you should be given paperwork or directed to call FedEx. The sleep test is done at home after you jump through a bunch of hoops. The first option used to be to have a supervisor attach the wristband at work before you go home to prevent "cheating". Option 2 was a picture of your face with the wristband on you with the ID number visible next to it. Of course that option also means you need to send a picture of your DL to prove it's you.Who sends you for a sleep study you or FEDEX? If it’s FEDEX…… what’s the signs they see to send you for one?
ThanksFedEx has a sleep dept. Concentra will do a BMI and measure your neck and that's pretty much all they need to trigger it. I think the neck measurement is 19 inches. Concentra will give you a temporary extension on your DOT to get tested. So when you turn in your paperwork to management you should be given paperwork or directed to call FedEx. The sleep test is done at home after you jump through a bunch of hoops. The first option used to be to have a supervisor attach the wristband at work before you go home to prevent "cheating". Option 2 was a picture of your face with the wristband on you with the ID number visible next to it. Of course that option also means you need to send a picture of your DL to prove it's you.
Once they approve you for the CPAP you then get to visit a respiratory center for the fitting. Look forward to another physical after a few weeks of wearing it to show your sleep report to extend the physical. Now you should get the 30-45 day follow up DOT physical to prove you are on the $$$ treadmill. Once on CPAP Concentra will add to the bottom line of a physical twice as often plus the 3-4 to get you into the mask. Multiply by X drivers until FedEx catches on and it's still your problem/expense. Hopefully you have some vacation time built up for all this.
another good reason to leave trucking
It definitely has changed my retirement trajectory.another good reason to leave trucking
I applied for midget p*on. They said I was too tall. Guess I'll keep trucking..another good reason to leave trucking