New book on sleep
Question:
Hey Pat…..when you get that "pricey" sleep book….will you share stuff with us here on this ng. I hope so, and will be looking forward to reading postings from you. Thanks, Deb
Response:
I have two other sleep books and I can scan some of the stuff in. Maybe later in the next 2 weeks I will try seeing if I can post something of interest. Mrs. Duck <debb…@net1plus.com> wrote in message
news:sb6fro74r2a18@corp.supernews.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hey Pat…..when you get that "pricey" sleep book….will you share > stuff with us here on this ng. I hope so, and will be looking forward > to reading postings from you. Thanks, Deb
Response:
I am feeling rich so I ordered it. Even though I have two books on sleep disorders which are fairly good, I figured it couldn’t hurt to have another. I have spent so much on cpaps and supplies it s ridiculous. I have bought the breeze and full face mask this year already, insurance deductible of $200 and doctors bills were about $200 so there is $800 there, plus my purchase of bipap (DME only covers $2000 per year) and it might be $2400 or $2600. Have not received explanation of benefits yet. Talls with insurance company and they can’t say yet and talked with billing of DME and they say they might lower price. Joe at cpapman.com sells this bipap for just under $1900 and the DME cost plus rental of $187 per month which goes towards purchase, but I am in 2nd month now, but I don’t plan on giving them the money that easily. After being on this group for over a year and the problems I have had and what I have learned, knowledge sure helps. The billing department says that normally they charge over $4000 for the tranquillity bipap model 1700 and since Joe charges so much less, I don’t know why these clowns, excuse me, DMEs think that they are giving us a deal. I set pretax at $2,600 and looks like no problem using. Thanks for the info. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Kevin C Welch wrote: > For those of you with extra finances and a tolerance for medical-caliber > literature, there is a new book about sleep which received a good review > in JAMA this month. > Title: Sleep Medicine > Author: Michael S. Aldrich > ISBN: 0-19-512957-1 > Price: $110 > 382 pages > http://shop.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=1POK… > — > ———————————————- > Kevin C Welch > System Administrator, Pulmonary Imaging Center > 830 Gates Bldg. > 3600 Spruce Street > Philadelphia, PA 19104 > ph: 215-349-8980 > pg: 215-207-1035 > ———————————————- > PGP Public Key: http://www.circ.upenn.edu/kwelch/kwelch.asc
