Sleep Apnea: Tests and Insurance Policies

Name: Sleep Apnea: Tests and Insurance Policies
Uploaded: 2024-11-27T17:00:08+00:00
Duration: 29 s
Channel: Dr. Charles Mok
Description: Excerpt from a YouTube video by Dr. Charles Mok discussing the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation against routine screening for sleep…

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Excerpt from a YouTube video by Dr. Charles Mok discussing the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation against routine screening for sleep apnea. The speaker asserts untreated sleep apnea can shorten life by about 6.4 years, explains clinicians can use a questionnaire to triage patients before ordering a diagnostic sleep study (which the speaker says costs insurers about $2,000), and suggests the guidance is motivated by insurers or payers wanting to save money.

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6.4 years

$2,000

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

2024-11-27

The US Preventative Healthcare Task Force, which is a non government organization paid for by the government, recommends against routine screening sleep apnea, something that can shorten your life by 6.4 years. The government's agency is a non government organization. When they fund recommends against insurance companies paying for routine screening for sleep apnea. The doctor can do a questionnaire and if questionnaire is positive and there's clinical significance to it, then they can order the sleep study, which means about $2,000 for your insurance to pay for. So obviously they want to save money.