About
About this site
ApneaAuthority publishes equipment specifications, insurance coverage information, and provider listings for obstructive sleep apnea. It is published by Nalveris Holdings LLC, Post Falls, Idaho.
This site is not a clinical resource, and nothing on it is medical advice. It gathers public information that is otherwise scattered across manufacturer documents, payer policies, federal coverage determinations, and provider registries, then presents it without blurring source records, published statements, direct confirmations, and our own inferences together.
Contact: [email protected]. Tell us when something is wrong.
Editorial standards
Specifications come from manufacturer documents. We do not use retailer listings or review sites as manufacturer specifications. When a specification has complete manufacturer evidence, the source information and checked date stay with that claim; otherwise the field stays suppressed.
Coverage information cites the payer's own policy. Our insurer dataset covers 37 payers across 148 payer-treatment combinations. We record when a payer publishes no policy and when its policy library is locked behind a provider login because both outcomes describe what a member can access.
Unsupported is left unsupported. A field reads "Not published" only when we have explicit, claim-specific evidence that the cited source does not publish it. Otherwise an unsupported field stays suppressed rather than being converted into an absence claim.
We distinguish what a manufacturer states from what we infer. A published weight is a manufacturer fact. Whether a mask suits a side sleeper is our inference from its design. Those are different kinds of claim, and every one on this site is labelled with which it is.
Tools describe, they don't diagnose. The mask finder rules out masks by physical design and shows its reasoning. It does not name a best mask, interpret your therapy data, or suggest a pressure setting.
How we label what we know
Our labels describe the relationship between a claim and its source, not how reliable or high-quality we think the source is.
A filled label means the source stated this for the record. An outlined label means we read it from material the source published for other purposes. A dashed label means we worked it out from the product's design — and we name what we based it on. Federal records are named in plain text rather than folded into this badge system.
Equipment records
Every equipment record on this site carries one of four labels.
| Manufacturer stated | A filled label means the manufacturer made the statement for the product record. |
|---|---|
| Retailer observed | An outlined label means we observed the value on a dated listing from the named retailer. |
| Derived from design | A dashed label marks our inference from explicit upstream evidence about the product's design. It is our reasoning, not a manufacturer claim. |
| Not published Not researched | Absence states are italic and unboxed. "Not published" means the cited source was examined for that specific claim and does not publish it; "Not researched" means we have not researched the field. |
A contact map showing that a nasal pillow mask does not touch the bridge of your nose can be a design inference we are confident about. It remains our reading rather than ResMed's. If you think we read it wrong, tell us.
How we label provider listings
| Website stated | The practice’s own website says this on the page we link, on the date shown. We have not spoken to the practice. |
|---|---|
| Confirmed by the practice | Someone at the practice told us directly, and we verified that they speak for it. The label shows the date they told us. |
| Federal record | A federal dataset lists this practice or clinician. It establishes identity and contact details only. It does not establish current services, insurance participation, or availability. |
| Not confirmed by the practice | This is the default state of every listing nobody has claimed. It is not a finding about the practice. |
These four provider labels describe where information came from, not how good a practice is.
We treat a confirmation as direct when we can establish that the person speaks for the practice. An email from an address on the practice’s own domain establishes that. Where a practice uses a consumer email address, we confirm using the phone number or contact form published on the practice’s own website.
Review and scope
Authored research pages on this site are written and checked against source documents. Generated federal-record provider listings are rendered from federal registry data rather than individually researched; separate website evidence or direct practice confirmation is labelled when present.
That source-document approach shapes what we publish. We focus on coverage, billing, equipment specifications, procurement, and provider-directory facts that can be tied to an identified source. We do not use these pages to make individualized treatment recommendations or to interpret a person's therapy data.
Corrections
Email [email protected] with the page and what is wrong. We correct factual errors after we verify them. Research pages that publish dated figures show when those figures were checked; generated federal listings are identified as registry-derived rather than being given a false research date.
Coverage rules and product lines change. Dated research can become stale, so the checked date appears on the research surface rather than only in a sitemap.
How this is funded
Affiliate commission. Some retailer links earn a commission. This never affects which products are listed, what is said about them, or their order. Databases are sorted alphabetically or by design attribute, never by what pays.
Featured directory listings. We intend to let practices pay to be featured on a city page. No practice has paid for placement anywhere on this site today. When featured listings launch they will be labelled as featured, and payment will not determine whether a practice is listed or buy a recommendation. We make no quality judgement about any practice.
We do not accept payment to write about a product, publish sponsored content as editorial, or sell information about visitors.
No conflicts to declare. We hold no financial interest in any manufacturer, supplier, insurer or practice mentioned on this site beyond the affiliate relationships described above.
Provider listings
Listings are compiled from public provider registry data and from practices' own websites. Inclusion is not an endorsement, and a listing not confirmed by the practice says so on its face.
If you run a practice and something is wrong, email us and we will correct it. If you would rather not be listed, email us and we will remove it. You do not need to give a reason.
Privacy
We collect as little as possible. The mask finder runs entirely in your browser: your answers never leave your device and are never sent to us. We count outbound clicks on directory listings in aggregate, recording only which listing, what kind of link, and the date. No IP address, no cookie, no identifier, nothing that could tie a click to a person.
What this isn't
This is not medical advice and it is not a substitute for the clinician managing your therapy. Sleep apnea is diagnosed with a sleep study, and treatment decisions belong with a qualified professional who knows your case.
If something here contradicts what your clinician has told you, believe your clinician and tell us what we got wrong.