New Sleep Apnea Patient Information Hoover
Take the Easy Road to Sound Sleep
Dr. Ardovino and our team at Alabama Dental Sleep and Wellness strive to make the process of finding you an alternative to CPAP treatment or diagnosing your sleep-breathing disorder as simple as possible. We work closely with local experts, including sleep centers, pulmonologists, neurologists, and sleep physicians, as well as sleeptest.com to make your journey as stress-free as possible. To learn more about what we can do for you, read below. If you have any questions or would like to schedule a consultation, never hesitate to reach out to our team.
Your First Sleep Care Visit
- Plan Your Consultation: Call our office to schedule your consultation with Dr. Ardovino.
- Visit Us: When you arrive at our office, you’ll be greeted by Angela at our front desk and taken to our treatment room. Angela will talk to you briefly about your sleep history, ask you a couple questions, and help you get comfortable in the treatment chair. After a few minutes, Dr. Ardovino will come in and introduce herself to you. She’ll sit with you and discuss where you’re at in the treatment process as well as next steps. She also delegates ample time in her schedule to making sure that all of her new patients’ questions get answered.
- Schedule Sleep Study: If you haven’t received a sleep study yet, our team will either direct you to sleeptest.com to set up your at-home sleep study or schedule a sleep study at a local sleep center that we work with routinely. A sleep physician will review your results and make a diagnosis based on your study results.
- Find the Right Treatment for You: If you already have a sleep apnea diagnosis or come to us looking for an alternative to CPAP therapy, you likely won’t need to receive another sleep study. We’ll help you find the right treatment for you by discussing all of your options. If this includes oral appliance treatment, Dr. Ardovino will have a customized oral sleep appliance crafted, which can take a couple of weeks.
- Six-Month Follow-Up: Our all-inclusive process offers clear pricing and includes all of the visits involved in your journey, including a six-month check-in appointment to see how your oral appliance is working for you. These included visits also encompass any efficacy testing needed to adjust your appliance within the first six months of having it.
Patient Forms
After you schedule your appointment with Angela, our team will text you a link that will connect you to a secure portal where you can fill out our patient forms. By filling these out before your consultation, our team can input your information into our system and conduct any medical insurance benefits checks for you quickly and efficiently!
Medical Insurance & Medicare Welcome!
Our practice is happy to file with your medical insurance plan to get as much of your sleep apnea treatment in Hoover covered as possible. We work with and file for all insurance companies, including private insurance, Viva Medicare, Tricare, regular Medicare, and Continuing Care with the VA Hospital. In many cases, Medicare will pay for most or the entire sleep apnea treatment process, while private insurance company coverage can vary based on your plan.
In any case, our team will make sure any benefits and out-of-pocket expenses as estimated by your medical insurance company will be clearly communicated with you before you undergo treatment. If you have any questions about medical insurance or Medicare, please contact our team today!
We are In-Network with the VA Hospital
We are happy to be in-network with Continuing Care with the VA hospital, so please don’t hesitate to reach out to us if you would like to learn more about what that means! In many cases, we’re able to get most or all of our patients’ sleep apnea treatment covered if they have Continuing Care!
CareCredit Financing Available
If you have any out-of-pocket expenses, we offer flexible financing for sleep apnea treatment in Hoover through CareCredit. Simply click on the link below to apply and find out whether you qualify for a six-month, no-interest plan. In some cases, our patients may have low-interest rates through CareCredit.