Amid reports of thousands of injuries and hundreds of deaths, Lincare was supposed to supply the most ailing patients with new CPAP machines, but instead diverted the devices to new customers who would deliver greater profits for the company.
What the article doesn’t address is the cpap prescription by a physician. As I recall most physician scripts for cpap requested a specific brand of cpap unit. Certainly any pulmonary physician or sleep lab clinicians were aware of the Philips recall and would never specifically request a new set up of a Philips cpap. So how would Lincare continue to provide new set ups with a Philips unit
What the article doesn’t address is the cpap prescription by a physician. As I recall most physician scripts for cpap requested a specific brand of cpap unit. Certainly any pulmonary physician or sleep lab clinicians were aware of the Philips recall and would never specifically request a new set up of a Philips cpap. So how would Lincare continue to provide new set ups with a Philips unit