Around 22 million Americans have sleep apnea. Traditional continuous positive airway pressure, or CPAP, machines are the standard treatment. However, they can be loud, uncomfortable and have a pesky ...

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Medicare may cover Inspire, a device to treat sleep apnea, if it is medically necessary. A doctor needs to demonstrate that people meet certain criteria and CPAP therapy has been ineffective. Inspire ...

Medicare Part B covers the cost of Inspire for sleep apnea and other FDA-approved medical devices as long as a doctor determines them to be medically essential for your care. For Original Medicare to ...