Many patients starting out CPAP therapy go noncompliant because they have various issues or concerns with the machine, mask comfort, etc.
Insurance companies are tired of paying thousands of dollars in machines and supplies that don't go used, so they instead 'rent' the machines from medical equipment suppliers, and use the machine's usage data to determine that you are still using it (and thus continue to pay for treatment). Typically after a year or so of usage they get 'paid for' but there's still ongoing compliance monitoring to get insurance to pay for supplies.
The sleep lab and sleep doctors can also remotely review the usage and make adjustments as needed. One example is using the humidity sensors in ResMed units to adjust the humidification settings remotely. I was with a doctor that showed usage logs together and noted the bedroom was severely dry and thus we needed to adjust the humidifier to run hotter to compensate.
I've also never had a 'slowdown' nor have I ever had the purported "all the charging cables crumble" problem people keep claiming Apple has materials engineering problems for.
I wonder if people are just too sensitive to a handful of milliseconds of delay and calling it "slowdown" and didn't grow up on an era of metal that took minutes to do simple tasks.
Come on, when's Stellantis going to release the small $17,500 EV for the American market? They've completely priced out the subprime sub-600 FICO buyer once they killed off the Dodge Dart and the Fiat 500 and the Jeep Renogade.
Aaaand the logistics of making that call to the company to confirm the amount on the bill can get awkward. IVR and hold-time hell just to get a human to have to explain your predicament as to why you're asking for such a mundane piece of information that was in fifty other touchpoints that you couldn't access as quickly or easily.
(I'm also picturing the poor CSR at the other end of the phone wading through hundreds and hundreds of call logs over the years for simple requests and managers up above screaming 'why is this guy calling us all the damn time costing us money'...)
Insurance companies are tired of paying thousands of dollars in machines and supplies that don't go used, so they instead 'rent' the machines from medical equipment suppliers, and use the machine's usage data to determine that you are still using it (and thus continue to pay for treatment). Typically after a year or so of usage they get 'paid for' but there's still ongoing compliance monitoring to get insurance to pay for supplies.
The sleep lab and sleep doctors can also remotely review the usage and make adjustments as needed. One example is using the humidity sensors in ResMed units to adjust the humidification settings remotely. I was with a doctor that showed usage logs together and noted the bedroom was severely dry and thus we needed to adjust the humidifier to run hotter to compensate.
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