Apria Healthcare Reviews

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  • Reliable medical equipment
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  • Poor communication from service
  • Delays in equipment delivery

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    Customer ServiceCoverageStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 14, 2015

    This is the worst company that I have ever dealt with. They have no communication within their organization and when trying to order oxygen for patients, you just get the run around. They do not have any follow through. Unfortunately, for Medicare and some managed care patients, this is the company that we have to use to provide oxygen based on their insurance coverage. Do not use this company. I wish I could rate no stars because they are not even worth one star.

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    Reviewed Oct. 14, 2015

    I contacted Apria for CPAP supplies in September 2014 and asked them to get pre-authorization with my insurance carrier before shipping. I also asked them to call me before shipping to let me know how much the supplies would cost me. A few days later the supplies showed up at my door. A FULL year later I received a call from Apria telling me that the insurance denied the claim. I told them I would file a grievance with the insurance. The caller was very pushy and rude trying to get me to pay right then but I was afraid if I paid that I may have trouble getting reimbursed if the insurance paid too. This was on a Friday. On the following Monday I started getting threatening robo-calls from Apria. I called Apria and told them I had filed a grievance with the insurance and could they stop the threats for a couple weeks while I straighten this out. They told me that they could not stop the calls and that if I did not pay I would be turned over to collection.

    I decided to pay the bill over the phone. A couple weeks later the insurance company sent me notice that they had paid the bill to Apria in the amount of $146.71. I contacted Apria via the web page and asked for my refund in that amount. When I did not hear back from them for several weeks I called and after waiting on hold for over 30 minutes I was informed that they had not processed my refund yet and it was only for $131. Just as I feared; once I paid I knew I would have trouble getting refunded. The agent could not see my payment or why I was being refunded less than what the insurance paid. She said she would process the refund. I let her know that I will NEVER use Apria again. I am now trying a different vendor called Pacific Pulmonary Service. The bar has been set pretty low by Apria so I would be surprised if they are not any better.

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    Reviewed Oct. 13, 2015

    After six attempts, Apria could not supply my mother with a lightweight wheelchair ordered by Kaiser that was not either damaged, dangerous or both. One was full weight and too heavy for us to move through the house and not what was ordered. On one I cut my hand on the exposed screws in the seat. At 92 her skin is paper thin and this isn't safe. One was simply broken. Another was the wrong chair. Finally they announced they were not coming anymore. My mother cannot move within our house without this chair. Shameful.

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    Reviewed Oct. 10, 2015

    I have chronic acute asthma with COPD, oxygen required 24/7. A nebulizer is required when needed to assist lung functions. They charged my credit card for multiple billings per month, sent me a demand notice when my credit card was maxed. "Pay this money or we'll take equipment from you". They will not give me statement of charges. I gave up after months of enquiry when they threatened me. They send automated phone call when they will deliver oxygen, earlier than two months. I called them back to let them know when I would be home as I had appointments, one at 12:00, one the next day at 17:00. They arrived when I was leaving, late at 17:10. The driver blocked my driveway and laughed at me. Their paper said I refused delivery.

    I needed nebulizer mister, mask, and tube. I attempted to read the binding contract. I was told to just sign it as they didn't have time to waste on me. They took the supplies. Repeated two days later. I called Kaiser who told me I should just sign 'I had read their contract in the past and it was the same contract'. Wasn't it? I don't know, I haven't read it. Apria driver stated he left the package on my porch at 13:22. This would be difficult as Edison had my driveway blocked until 13:45. They were working on a power pole in my driveway. They have now delivered two masks, and I did sign the contracts under duress and threat to my life and well being. I still cannot take my prescribed medications as there is no mister or tubing.

    I am having trouble breathing, more and more. My home water is very hard and I threw the old mister away as I believed I was getting a new one. It seems like months, but is only weeks. My temper is short, I'm low on oxygen, fight or flight. It is not good for my family to listen and see what Apria and Kaiser are doing.

    I finally sent a letter to Kaiser member services. I stated what was happening and requested they have Apria call and tell me when they will come to my home, so I will put their nebulizer machine on the porch. I will buy my own machine and supplies. I purchased my own supplies this morning. And magically, Apria delivered the long awaited supplies around noontime, which I will be returning so they cannot charge for them.

    I have purchased my own oxygen concentrator and cannulas. I will purchase oxygen tanks and a compressor when monies permit. I am going in for a sleep test, apnea. I believe I can purchase the equipment if the test shows the need. Would I recommend Apria healthcare? Definitely not, never, no way. Skimp and save, buy your own equipment. I believe Apria healthcare feels secure in mistreating customers because we have no recourse. If I were to hire an attorney, Apria would merely postpone trial dates till I pass on, then of course there would be no resolution. Having an attorney on retainer, while on a fixed income plus having my wife and two children to support, not possible.

    Updated on 11/26/2015: I sent a message to Kaiser member services. Apria delivered after my note to Kaiser. Kaiser called my home number, I had requested they call my cell. I tried to get back to them, they wouldn't return my call. More letter to member services. They finally called me. They stated they sent me letters and everything was resolved. Really? I had not received the letters they stated they sent. The woman I talked to said she would send an FYI to Apria to let them know there was an upset customer. She also kept misstating what I had told her and I kept correcting her. I requested a copy of the letter she was going to send to Apria. She said she would send me a letter stating she sent a letter to Apria.

    Why does Apria continue to mistreat disabled and elderly people. Because there is no actions taken against them by Kaiser, other than a letter to say someone is upset. I will be contacting California Medi-Cal, and in 3 months Medicare. As I will be with them also. I have purchased an oxygen concentrator and will buy a compressor and tanks when/if I can afford them. I was told by Apria to pay them money, and more money even though California Medi-Cal is paying the total bill. They said if I didn't pay them they would take my life support equipment away. I paid them. If I could afford an attorney I would definitely get one on retainer and have them stop their abuse of disabled patients.

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    Reviewed Oct. 10, 2015

    Kaiser submits orders to Crapria. Crapria turns around and places the orders with McKesson. McKesson uses Golden State to ship their products. Why doesn't Kaiser just order directly from McKesson?! And get Crapria out of the picture!!! I wonder who does the invoicing and accounts receivable? Let me guess another 3rd party!!! I ordered supplies for my husband on 09/18/15. I waited a week (9/24) and called to find out where his mask is. Crapia's customer service rep, told me it had been shipped to our old address, then she mentioned another address where we've never resided. I was told it would be shipped to our new address, that had not been updated, because Kaiser and Crapria's computers aren't synced.

    Wait, it gets better The following day, on 9/25/15, we received an invoice for the new mask, which we have not yet received, and the invoice was mailed to YEP, our correct address. But, the day before, our new address was nowhere to be found. 10/2/15 still waiting. "It's being shipped and you should receive it in a couple days." 10/8/15 Golden West needs a signature. I asked Golden West for a re-route. They need authorization from Apria for a re-route. Today, 10/9/15, numerous calls, "Oh, you need a re-route to your new address?" "No, I need a re-route to my work". "Oh, they're at your home, they need a code to get in. They'll only leave in a secure place". "Well, I provided a code to get in, how much more secure do you want it?" "Oh, they shipped it and they're dropping it off now".

    Today, I arrived home to a secure, empty front porch. It's 10 pm on a Friday, 10/9, I called Golden West - "Call tomorrow". I called - Apria - "Call Monday". I called the woman who told me they're dropping it off and left her a Crapria message. This is beyond ridiculous!!! Like my husband says, we could have driven to upstate New York at least 2 times and back, in the amount of time it's taken Golden West to even get close enough to drop off a mask. One mask, that's all he needs. Oh, get this - I ordered a mask for myself last Friday, and guess who got their mask today? That's right, me. Now, why could they drop off my mask and not my husband’s?! My old mask still works, I could have waited a month. My poor husband has holes in his mask and could die in his sleep WAITING!!!

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    Reviewed Oct. 9, 2015

    I placed an order for a new CPAP machine 3 weeks ago and I cannot get any updated information of expected delivery. It is impossible to navigate the automated system and the wait for a representative is more than 15 minutes, if you reach one. When speaking to the customer representatives they are incompetent and untruthful. I am contacting my insurance to explore the possibility of using another equipment provider.

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    Reviewed Oct. 7, 2015

    How long must this asinine and obtuse situation go on??? This time it has been I believe six weeks and nothing has been settled or done, absolutely nothing. I called at 2:30 PM today and the representative there said that Angie at the local office would have to be contacted tomorrow again because she was in Duluth today!!! I was told by the representative that someone from the local office had tried to call on the 1st and 5th, even leaving a message, when we have no messages and no one remembers anyone from Apria calling at all. My S9 CPAP unit is again defective, has been for months and Apria does absolute nothing. Poor service, poor communications, wrong supplies, and more is all you can provide a patient????

    Now I have to go to the local store which is some twenty miles away, whereas, once the techs came to my house with all I needed. Other providers still do this and I am most likely about to remove Apria as a provider. Insurance companies are probably going to wonder why and ask questions, but I will give them the truth if they do so. You cannot provide a reliable CPAP unit nor the original humidifier tank, H5i Cleanable Water Tub *M048149* Ref: 36800 for the S9 CPAP???? You keep sending a 36804 or 36804 that is nothing like the original water tank, nothing. "Improving the quality of life for our patients at home" is indeed the wrong logo as it is NOT true in any sense as far as I am concerned.

    Unless I have a new S9 CPAP by Friday of this week, complaints will fill the home office about the poor care of your patients at home and those willing to drive so far to get what service they can get from your inadequate staffed local offices. I am breathing debris from your CPAPs and your reps say I'm the only one having that problem??? Don't believe it for a second. I cannot get a Air Sense Ten unit or any other unit because it is too soon???? If this matter is NOT settled by the CLOSE OF BUSINESS Friday, I will be changing to a better service and provider. You have my name and telephone number, but it is Walter ** should you want to call. As far as we know the local office may have called once in the last six weeks, no more. Wife doesn't know of any calls from Apria and answering machine has NO messages from Apria. Thanks for trying to upset us again today, with more asinine and obtuse answers.

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    Reviewed Oct. 7, 2015

    I have ordered CPAP supplies from Apria and was satisfied when I could go into their office locally and pick-up what I needed. They no longer allow this, and the auto-calls that pester 7x per day fraudulently order MORE EQUIPMENT than what you need. It's impossible to JUST get a cushion using this system. This company also calls demanding payment at the end of the year for an extraordinary amount. Last year I followed-up and their billing was $500+ incorrect... They claim it was my insurance that never paid. I followed-up with my insurance and Apria magically corrected the mistake. I thought that was a fluke, but it's happening again this year.

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    Reviewed Oct. 6, 2015

    Our experience with this company was just awful from beginning to end. I honestly don't know how they stay in business! My husband was discharged from the hospital in Santa Fe with pneumonia and could only be released with oxygen. We waited at the hospital for over 4 hours before it was delivered. Our case manager called several times, as did I. We scheduled the Apria branch in Charlotte to deliver oxygen to our home in Charlotte at midnight when our plane arrived. But of course they did not come. We called the local office and the national office emergency number and left urgent messages.

    Finally we received a call at 7:30 the next morning and they delivered the oxygen at 10:30 the next day. Because the prescription had been faxed to them our hands were tied. My husband could have died while waiting for the oxygen to be delivered and they could have cared less. We have asked them to come pick up their equipment but so far that has not happened. We assume they are charging Medicare for the extra days. Under no circumstances should you do business with this company!!

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    Reviewed Oct. 5, 2015

    I paid a bill in the amount of $87.27 to Apria on May 1, 2014. Apria customer service reps were not able to find in their system where I paid the $87.27. I was asked to provide a copy of my bank statement to show where the money was paid to Apria. I faxed a copy of my bank statement and a copy of the $87.27 check that was deposited into Apria's bank account. I have spoken with 4 different reps and their so-called supervisor who were unable to tell me what happen to the $87.27. I was later advised the $87.27 was applied to a March 2014 bill and they had proof and would mail me a copy of the statements. I received the statements and they do show any dates/bills in March 2014 nor the $87.27 I paid to Apria. I have other billing issues with Apria too.

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    Reviewed Oct. 2, 2015

    28 min being passed from 1 dept to another, finally got to the right dept, placed order, then was told to expect call 8:00 am on delivery day to tell me when delivery would be made - 1 hr after I already left for work. I guess Apria is the customer!

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    Reviewed Oct. 2, 2015

    My husband and I have been with Apria Healthcare for almost 10 years and we never had any trouble calling the local office and having them order our supplies, answer our questions etc.. Now we cannot even get in contact with the local office, the telephone system routes you to their call center and all they do is bounce you around from one department to another. We are going to be looking for a new healthcare supplier. We are both disgusted with this. It is so frustrating when you can't ask someone a question that would take 2 minutes to answer, instead now they lose loyal customers.

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    Reviewed Oct. 2, 2015

    I got a prescription from my doc Wednesday the 23rd of September to get a new hospital bed. I have been fighting with them to get out. A full week has gone by and all I've gotten from them was nothing. I called Friday the following Monday, Tuesday Wednesday and then again today October the 2nd. I get nothing but a runaround. I had to have my doctor resend evening all over again. If it wasn't that I have a broken bed from Apria I wouldn't even be doing this. I will never go through them again for anything. They have tried to bill me for my old bed numerous times instead of going through my insurance. Please beware. Do not go through this company if you don't have to.

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    Reviewed Oct. 1, 2015

    Short: Apria could not locate my account info for over a week and a half. My insurance company faxed it to them and Apria said it would take 7 to 10 business days to process it again. I am without my medical equipment as a wounded vet.

    I am active duty military. My military medical provider wrote a referral/prescription for a CPAP device to United Health Care (UHC) for this order. UHC chose the company Apria Healthcare to provide me my device. The approval for the prescription was completed on 18 Sept 2015. UHC sent an approval letter to Apria on 18 Sep. On 23 Sept 2015 I received an automated call from Apria stating that my order was process and I needed to call to set up delivery of my equipment. I called Apria and they were not able to find my information. I called 5 times over 2 days and 3 hours trying to get this resolved. I called UHC to inform them of Apria inability to find my information. UHC provided me the authorization number for the prescription. They told me to give this to Apria.

    I called Apria and gave them the number and they stated that they cannot look up any information. The Apria rep recommended that I have UHC fax over the approval. UHC did this on 30 Sept 2015. I called Apria up and they said they received it, but the process would start over again which would take 7 to 10 business days. I asked them to escalate it, but the supervisor said that was not possible even though they received the order back on the 23rd. So after numerous hours and phone calls and the fact that Apria could not find my information before, I have zero confidence. I will not run into the same issue with them again.

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    Reviewed Oct. 1, 2015

    My husband needed a Cpap machine. It was turned over to Apria, who called to tell him that our insurance would pay at 100%. He questioned it since we have a super high deductible. Again, the rep reassured and confirmed it was going to be paid at 100%. When we went to pick up the machine, we again questioned the amount we would be responsible for. We told the rep we had a high deductible, and expressed our concern as to the cost (just in case the insurance company did not pay). She told us she could not give us a cost of the machine but her notes confirmed the insurance would pay at 100%.

    In July we received a bill for $300+. I called and was told we only had to pay that amount, but then it was ours. I was also told the machine's total cost was over $1700. I gasped and explained to the rep that we could not afford such an expensive machine and said we would bring it back. She claimed it was too late and it was our machine once I paid the amount owed ($300+). I paid it. This month I received another bill and when I called I found out we will have to pay the remaining amount eventually because of our deductible. And even if I brought the machine back, we would still owe the total amount, but if I brought it back in July we wouldn't have been billed.

    Apria would NOT take any accountability for misrepresenting their product and kept repeating we signed the release form. I was lucky enough to be granted the opportunity to speak with one of the managers who continued to claim it was my responsibility of the insurance. I replied I knew they wouldn't pay due to our deductible, and I told every person I spoke with from the start of the process, and it was their representatives who kept reassuring, continuing to ignore what I was telling them just to ensure payment. Biggest scam ever, especially since it has to do with breathing issues!!!!! So now we are stuck with this crappy machine for the small fee of over $1700+. DON'T EVER GO TO APRIA.

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    Reviewed Sept. 29, 2015

    It takes an eternity to make an appointment to pick up the CPAP machine in Northern Virginia. I was bounced around various area code numbers for several weeks. Had to call the President's office in California to finally obtain the appointment. Had to wait over 30 minutes past appointment hour, and left due to another business meeting. Re-scheduled and time wasted. For the respective CPAP model, Apria is charging $1,835.15 using "salami tactics" (per each unit of the entire equipment). Other Medicare-approved suppliers in the area are charging $1,200 to $1,300 or about 1/3 less than these crooks. Non-approved Medicare supplier is charging about $860 or about 48% of Apria's total cost. This is price-gouging as my insurance company deals only with Apria instead of multiple suppliers.

    Returned the equipment within 90 days as stipulated in the contract, was daily harassed with phone calls daily afterwards to return the equipment, and after 2 weeks, Apria has nevertheless charged my credit card for $66.46. Talking to Apria accounting was useless: they insisted on debiting my account. DO NOT GIVE APRIA ACCESS TO YOUR CREDIT/DEBIT CARD!!! Medicare should investigate their pricing and these practices, and require insurance companies to have multiple suppliers in the respective geographical area. Pi$$ed off to the MAX!

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    Reviewed Sept. 28, 2015

    Absolutely the worst customer service ever! As with other reviewers contacting them was close to impossible. 30 to 40 minute hold times, disconnects all described in earlier reviews. That being said I was charged for a walker I never received. I had total knee replacement on Tuesday and was being discharged on Friday. I was signing all the release papers along with the papers for a commode accessory and walker. I told the delivery person I didn't need the walker - I had my own. They didn't take it off the bill. My primary insurance paid. My secondary did not and they billed me. Someone has a walker that I paid for. Every person in customer service was rude did nothing to investigate my side of the story, and threatened collection if I didn't pay the $30.44

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    Reviewed Sept. 26, 2015

    Several times I have ordered supplies, sent the wrong items. They billed Medicare for the wrong items, then after numerous tries to connect with Apria, finally got the correct supplies for which they billed Medicare again. I have since switched CPAP supply companies. I think they come very close to Medicare fraud.

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    Reviewed Sept. 26, 2015

    It is my opinion that this company needs to be shut down. No matter what you tell them on the phone they act like you have no idea what you're talking about. And they are always right even if you have proof. They had drafted my checking account for a payment and were still calling me on the phone trying to collect payment. They called me two to three times a day on a pre-recorded message trying to collect a payment. When I called them about this they said that I needed to pay the bill or they will send it to collections. My last correspondence with them was "Give it your best shot." This company has some of the poorest customer service I have ever seen. THEY NEED TO BE SHUT DOWN.

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    Reviewed Sept. 25, 2015

    For years Apria has been my supplier of cpap supplies. Every time I get supplies the billing is wrong, quite often the supplies sent are not the ones ordered and when I call to correct them again the wait on the phone is up to 80 minutes! This last time follows the same pattern as through the years. Got the wrong supplies again and called them to correct again. Got the supplies and a bill for insured/covered items. Called Apria again, they did the insurance wrong again. Said they would fix it. Got 4 more bills from Apria in following 14 months all for the same supplies. ALL WITH DIFFERENT CLAIM NUMBERS! Called my insurer to have them call Apria and fix the problem. Apria said they would fix it. 2 months later... got another bill!

    Meanwhile I have been using the same cpap supplies for over 12 months because they can't get their act together. Then, from their inability to do a good job, I got a notice that they had sent my account to a collection agency for the same bill. More phone calls to get that stopped. 9 months ago I signed up for Apria auto supply, where they automatically send your supplies every 6 months. A lot of good that has done me. I called and spoke to Apria and was transferred to the dept that handles the auto supply and waited on hold until someone came on to tell me they went home early for the day! This company CAN NOT BE TRUSTED WITH YOUR HEALTHCARE NEEDS. GO ELSEWHERE!!!

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    Reviewed Sept. 25, 2015

    First I pre ordered the knee scooter 3 weeks in advance (pre surgery). 5 days after surgery still no scooter. After being on hold for 1 hr 45 minutes they said I need to contact my insurance and verify!! That is their job!! I called back and put on hold another 49 minutes. Service is rude and ignorant! They should NOT be running a medical supply business! I will never go through this Sham and shady company again!

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    Reviewed Sept. 25, 2015

    If you have cause to use a healthcare equipment supplier, then the last thing you need is more problems. I would advise you to never use Apria, and more specifically if they are your only choice then by all means never provide credit card information for co-payment or other purposes. They will treat this information like their own personal ATM machine. Apria used my credit card to collect monies owed by my insurer. Whether or not Apria used best practices to file a claim with Blue Shield will probably be settled in small claims court. The issuing of an unauthorized payment is fraud and needs to be addressed by a class action suit.

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    Reviewed Sept. 22, 2015

    While the local branch at Chattanooga is excellent, you cannot contact them without calling the central customer service line. This is the problem. Every time I call I'm on hold for 20-40 plus minutes and then sometimes I'm cut off and have to call in again. I have complained about this but it falls on deaf ears. They moved the customer service from the local branches to a central department several years ago and it's gotten worse and worse. The only solution is to drive to the local branch which I'm had to do.

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    Reviewed Sept. 22, 2015

    I wish I never used this company. I don't know why this evil company is still in business! They sent me a bill of over one thousand dollars without even telling me why I got charged. When I called them, they put me on hold for more than one hour. This is the worst company that I ever used! DO NOT USE THEM!

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    Reviewed Sept. 21, 2015

    A representative by the name of Art called me to inform me that the heavy duty commode and the donut cushion were ready for pick up at my local Apria and it could be picked up the next day which was Saturday. They were closed. Then Monday after confirming with a representative named Willis, that they had the order and driving 13 miles, they didn't have the donut cushion and the commode was not a heavy duty one. This is the worst company I have ever dealt with. When I tried to contact the representatives by name, nobody existed by those names. They play with people and are inconsiderate. Will tell my primary care never to refer me to this vendor AGAIN! No business ethics nor professionalism AT ALL!! YOUR CUSTOMER SERVICE SUCKS!!!

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    Reviewed Sept. 21, 2015

    My husband has been a patient of Apria for years. He has always had a primary and secondary insurance. Secondary insurance has been the same for 15 years. Primary changed in January this year. In March we received a box of supplies. We didn't ask for it, we didn't order it. Matter of fact I didn't open it until today (Sept 21). We received a bill in April for $197. I immediately called them as they had listed as self-pay. I gave new primary info, and secondary - for some reason they no longer had on file. As of today I am still fighting with them to file insurance. They say it's "outside the deadline to file". Oh my goodness, I am infuriated as I have called them every month.

    The guy today told me that they actually updated the info in June for my insurance. The first girl I spoke with said I should have called them in January when my insurance changed. I'm like - "what the heck, I didn't know you were going to force ship me anything... Two months later..." Ugh - they are a nightmare. Hold times horrible. I'm going to their local office and shove this box somewhere if this doesn't get rectified.

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    Reviewed Sept. 21, 2015

    I only wish I had read all the reviews before choosing Apria. It took 2+ months for my husband to receive his sleep apnea machine. We received numerous calls saying they needed this document and that. Our doctor had provided everything. Apria didn't seem to know what they needed and could not seem to request appropriate materials. Also if you missed a call, there is no message and you just blindly have to navigate their system over and over.

    When the machine was released to us, we were told there was a zero balance as Medicare and insurance had taken care of everything. Three days later we learned Apria had deducted money from our checking account without any communication to us whatsoever. After over an hour of dealing on the phone and a trip to our local Apria office (which can't see any transactions on the account by the way), I gave up and called our secondary insurance only to learn the charge was never filed with the insurance company (I had already been told by an Apria employee that the charge had been filed and denied).

    Regardless of the phone number you are given, they all ring to the central location and you have to navigate their system to get where you want usually with a wait. My last one was 27 minutes on hold. Guess they hope you will give up. There is NO way I would ever recommend this company to anyone, but now we are stuck with them.

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    Reviewed Sept. 19, 2015

    We have used Apria for 3 years now for my husband's cpap machine. It was the only local provider for our insurance. That process wasn't a big deal. Their billing was confusing. We paid. They would cut us a refund check every couple months randomly. Replacement supplies went OK then one day we got a random bill for 300. They screwed up billing insurance and wanted us to pay. Insurance flat out said that we weren't responsible. After some haggling that got cleared up but this last time was too much. They don't bill us then take a payment and out it toward a screw up from a year ago. Then bill us for replacement supplies of which they on their own sent us 5 times what we requested.

    Took a month of talking to someone to basically get run around. Paid the bill and closed the acct as we will never use them again and still getting collection calls days later. They are 100 times the cost of other health care supplies providers (this according to the person at my insurance) and their customer service and billing sucks. Get on the ball Apria!! Next time we need something we will drive the 3-4 hours away for another provider happily or order online thru another company. Beware of their bs.

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    Reviewed Sept. 17, 2015

    I went into the Conyers, Ga store 3 weeks ago to get a knee scooter. There was a lady (Kristy) that said "hello" and I could not see her. She never got up. She just continued to do what she was doing as though I was not standing there. I asked for help and how long it would take to get it. She acted rude and as though she did not care. I asked her not to talk to me as she was doing and she YELLED to the manager of the store (that I know heard everything and never came out) to come deal with me - she was done. The manager came out and asked for all my information and never said I am sorry for her actions. These people all need to be fired in that location. They don't care about anything and it really makes your company look horrible and professional to have that status of personnel.

    It's been 3 weeks now and I have called and called to get the knee scooter, to have them say someone will call you or have called you. I have never received a call from anyone and no one has never left a message. Today I call again to hear now they need a credit card and this was why. I will never do business with Apria healthcare ever. This company needs to address their personnel in the stores and on the phones in customer service. I own businesses and cannot see how this company makes any profit with this type of service at all. I will continue to put this company's name on the web, where as everyone will see it and hopefully not use them till they have addressed issues they have... As of today I still have not gotten a knee scooter.

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    Reviewed Sept. 17, 2015

    This company charges us for services and supplies prior to submitting to the insurance company and when the insurance company sends out the EOB what we actually owe is way less than what we paid. When I questioned them about a refund they stated that we had an outstanding balance and not a refund. They then turned over our supposed balance to the collection agency. We paid the collection agency so as not to damage our credit. Then a few months later we get another bill for an amount we had already overpaid them. This company has a horrible billing practice and I assume is ripping many more people off than just us. I am now worried that this amount is going to be turned over to collection once again and we do not owe them, they owe us. BEWARE OF THIS COMPANY.

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    Reviewed Sept. 15, 2015

    I have been dealing with Apria for the past 14 months, since my son came home from the NICU on oxygen. Apria gave him the wrong equipment AND did not show us how to properly use it, which resulted in him not getting the right amount of oxygen and being hypoxemic for several days. Every time I order from them, it's a nightmare. The orders are never shipped out in time. They say they will ship within the week and I call the next week and they still haven't shipped. This happens over and over for one order and eventually the customer reps will just transfer me to an unending hold (30+ minutes) so they don't have to deal with it. Even if I order a month before he runs out of cannulas, I still end up having to go to the local branch to get emergency supplies. They never send the correct probes for his pulse oximeter - They either send the wrong brand (incompatible with our machine) or don't send them at all.

    Most recently, I ordered infant cannulas, 15 ft tubing, and probes. After three weeks and four phone calls, I finally received a package which contained ADULT cannulas, 50 ft tubing, and no probes. The cannulas are obviously unusable, and so is the tubing because we can't know he's getting the right amount of oxygen through that length of tube (he is on a low amount on cylinders, not a concentrator). And for this they bill our insurance.

    I am so angry I can't put it into words. Don't they have this information on file - that he is an infant, that we have a Masimo machine (and thus need Masimo probes) and so on??? People's LIVES are in their hands. Including young children's lives. A hospital wouldn't be allowed to operate this way. I hope that we can switch to another DME. In the meantime, my son is alive because the man who works in the local warehouse is awesome. Most of the drivers are friendly and helpful and come on time. I have spoken to many reps on the phone who I believe are well-intentioned and concerned but lacking in decent training, or maybe there are bugs in the computer system. There are good people working for them, but the company itself needs to be sued into oblivion with multiple class-action lawsuits ASAP.

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    Reviewed Sept. 14, 2015

    2 years ago my husband was put on oxygen at night and Apria delivered a concentrator. They were very careful and making sure that we knew how the equipment would work and how to keep the filters clean. They gave us one cannula and one hose and left the machine at the door. It was a hit and run. Two years later, they have never serviced the machine, never delivered any new supplies, and we had NO IDEA that the hoses need to be replaced every two weeks! My husband has been in for severe lung infections, lung mass, and COPD, which he did not have before.

    Last week on Wednesday, I picked up his hose from the bed and noticed it was black in the cannula and down the hose. I checked and pulled out mold. Completely horrified, I called Apria for new hoses and was told on Wednesday that they would be delivered the next day or Friday. My husband is now dependent on oxygen throughout the night and part of the day. It's Monday and we still have no supplies. Every time I call they send me to the India call center. I have called 4 times and every time they make me give them the new insurance information and the new phone numbers for us. Why do I have to keep giving them the same information!!?? When I called to find out where our shipment was, I was told it was already delivered. 5 seconds later when I assure her we don't have it, she tells me it's to be delivered today. I do not believe that.

    Now my husband's in without oxygen for a week while dealing with what I am sure is mold poisoning from their equipment. No one ever told us these are supposed to be replaced, no one ever noticed he NEVER had new hoses, and I've had MANY conversations with them for billing and insurance issues. I'm truly disgusted by their complete lack of compassion for their clients. It's not fair that we have no other providers for our region so that we are held hostage by this terrible company. I'm looking for an attorney now.

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    Reviewed Sept. 11, 2015

    This company should not be allowed to provide healthcare products, as they are putting patients' lives in jeopardy by not delivering the correct medical supplies in a timely manner. I ordered some plastic replacement parts for my husband's nebulizer (for breathing treatments). The day I expected to receive the order, I received a call stating I had to pay a 5-cent co-pay before they could ship it. After explaining our insurance pays at 100% because we have met our out-of-pocket for the year, they wrote it off. Two hours later I received another call and was told it required a face-to-face meeting with his doctor before they could ship. After I told her he already had an appointment scheduled for the following day, she put me on hold and then told me the face-to-face wasn't necessary, but that we had to provide our credit card number before they could ship.

    Three reps demanded our credit card number even when we owed no money; they tried to coerce me to give my credit card number by saying insurance won't pay if the customer is not compliant, transferred me numerous times to someone else to handle the problem, disconnected me twice when put on hold or transferring, promised to get an answer and to call me back but never did, was told they won't ship until the 5-cent co-payment is paid, shipped wrong part twice (without payment) even though correct part number was ordered, insisted our co-pay was 10% (the 5 cents) even though they hadn't even contacted our insurance company to verify benefits, deleted the original order, promised a rush would be put on the order and shipped next day. It wasn't.

    I have spoken with 15 company reps (and managers) and spent about 4-1/2 hours of customer service time to get 3 parts shipped totaling probably $20 (most of the time was spent trying to get a 48-cent part shipped). I also received help from a social worker (who was extremely helpful!). She experienced the same incompetency that I did, with long hold times, being disconnected twice, transferred several times, non-returned phone calls, and employees apparently not interested in correcting the order and getting it shipped. She ended up contacting the regional manager and Vice President.

    I have never dealt with so many incompetent employees in one company. I also checked with the Better Business Bureau and see that this company has had 732 complaints in the last 3 years, and 344 in the last 12 months and has an F rating. We finally received the shipment 23 days after originally ordering parts that were in stock. The packing slip still shows we owe 5 cents.

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    Reviewed Sept. 11, 2015

    You don't answer you damn phone. Why in the name of all that is holy are YOU still in business? You're sloppy in your business practices and I can see no good thing that you're capable of doing. I've waited 1 and a half months for my supplies and yet you've not delivered. This company shouldn't be in business... may the judgments of God be against this business and may you go the way of all the demonic... since you seem to live in that department. Ok, it's now been one hr. Yesterday it was over that.

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    Reviewed Sept. 10, 2015

    Had Univita for oxygen but they went out of business. Apria has taken on their patients. I have a list of people I've spoken to along with chad the supervisor. I have been waiting for Apria to bring me a POC and it has been 3 wks so far. Processing the order is still not done. Was told by chad once the order is processed it will take 7-14 weeks to get the POC. Meanwhile Apria had all information needed a week prior to speaking with chad. My dr is frustrated as well and WellCare who is my health care provider. This company desperately needs undercover boss.

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    Reviewed Sept. 9, 2015

    My father had COPD and died about three weeks ago. My mother and I have been working on returning his medical equipment and have had no problems until we had to deal with Apria Healthcare. We needed Apria to come pick up his CPAP machine. My mother made numerous appointments and waited hours and hours for days on end. They never showed. At one point, they even called and said we would be charged for the machine if WE didn't start to cooperate!

    Finally, my mother drove this machine to their office in Santa Fe Springs just to get rid of it. My father's former physical therapist came out and spoke to her. This woman said she wanted him to keep the machine so she kept cancelling the pick-up appointments. She wanted my dead father to keep the machine. We communicated multiple times to this company that my father is now deceased and nobody cares. The employees at this company would rather harass a grieving family and cancel simple appointments than communicate with each other and do their jobs. This company is ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING and I am sick to my stomach about this.

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    Reviewed Sept. 9, 2015

    I have been dealing with them for 1 1/2 years and have had nothing but problems! Got two calls from Tennessee in one week, each one saying something different about my account, neither knowing anything about what the other told me. After MANY problems, I wrote the corporate office and received a nice letter about how they appreciated my business, blah, blah, blah. She then told me that they were working on my claim for March which had been denied, after a year with the same service. She told me they would not charge my account and she would be sure they did not charge anything without my consent.

    It is now Sept. and they have still not gotten Medicare - what was needed to process the MARCH claim. Have, however, had claims for April, May, June, July, and August paid. I was on the phone with them today for 1 1/2 hours and was transferred three times, and they said I still had the wrong department to get a refund of the charge. I asked for the CEO's name, and she put me on hold 15 minutes!! You would think they would know the head of the company they work for! NEVER use Apria! Find any other company. If not you will be in the same situation, dealing with this company's incompetence. Let the doctors you use to not assign you to Apria!

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    Reviewed Sept. 8, 2015

    Apria Healthcare is the worst company I have ever dealt with. Their customer service is horrendous and their waiting time for anyone to help you is 20 minutes to one hour and a half and then you get the runaround and no one is willing to help you. The only good thing they do is charge your bank account. NEVER WOULD I RECOMMEND THIS COMPANY TO ANYONE. Shame on Kaiser for referring patients to this company.

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    Reviewed Sept. 8, 2015

    I am switching to another supplier because it has been a nightmare dealing with this company. They give you wrong information, each customer service rep tells you different info of what you need to comply with, they are notorious for giving wrong fax numbers so the doctor can fax a rx prescription, and waiting times are quite long. My CPAP machine died and I needed a new one. They would not supply me with another one because I needed to provide my sleep study records from 2002. I contacted the sleep study hospital, the doctor, and my insurance company. What they sent me was not good enough.

    I called Medicare and they told me that I would need to get a new sleep study. Why couldn't Apria have told me, Medicare told them that is what needed to be done. I went a week without a machine until I took on the responsibility to pay for using a new CPAP from Apria. Getting a new sleep study on Oct. 6, 2015, just dealing with Medicare and have a new supplier in my own area. How sweet it is! I would never recommend this company. Thank you for your service.

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    Reviewed Sept. 4, 2015

    Our doctor ordered CPAP machine for my husband, he has severe sleep apnea. I paid to Apria $142.64 on 08/25/2015, and as of today 9/4/2015, we have not received it and when I called them today, I was told my husband is not in their system. This machine was ordered a month ago, it is unacceptable. Now Labor Day is coming so they will not open until Tuesday, so the patient could die and they do not care.

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    Reviewed Sept. 4, 2015

    I had to change to use Apria Healthcare for my mother's oxygen supplies because they acquired Walgreens respiratory supplies. It's been a gut wrenching experience. The worst ever customer service I have ever encountered next to Comcast. There appears to be absolutely no leadership in their office. You just keep getting transferred around.

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    Reviewed Sept. 3, 2015

    Apria apparently did not properly complete paperwork for Medicare so a payment was declined. My spouse passed/died on July 17, 2015. Without any notification or authorization, on August 24, 2015 Apria Medical took $101.52 from my spouse's bank account. The only funds in the bank were Social Security payment for August, which must be returned to SS. The $101.52 unauthorized debit from Apria has caused a deficit in the August Social Security monies needing to be returned to SS because my spouse was deceased in July.

    I have repeatedly called Apria customer no-service and been put on hold for "seriously" hours, I've been disconnected and treated rudely. Finally on September 31, a phone call from Britney ** (at Apria) left a voice message, telling me to call a specific number back and give my spouse's sixteen digit debit card number and the credit would be issued. I did call back and it was again denied return payment. I requested the record be reviewed for notes by Britney and her supervisor authorizing return of funds. Pam (?) checked with her supervisor on August 31 and said NO. I pleaded and explained the sixteen-digit number to my spouse's account expired ON August 31 and would then not work.

    This is fraud because my spouse was deceased when money was taken and without authorization. It is against the law to collect money from a deceased person. These funds are Social Security money that needs to be returned. Apria did not have authorization to take money from my spouse's bank account. It is the company's error in paperwork processing that CAUSED this issue for them and now for me.

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    Reviewed Sept. 2, 2015

    I have been trying to reach my local Apria office for 6 days now. All calls seem to go through a centralized location. First there's the long frustrating telephone menu. Then, if you get through, half of the calls are put on hold and then are never answered. The other half are answered if you wait long enough. They then put in a "return call ticket" to the local office for someone to call you back. If you miss the callback... start all over again. 6 days and I haven't talked to my local office yet.

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    Reviewed Sept. 2, 2015

    My wife has had several emergency needs for oxygen service and equipment over the past year or so and, more often than not, her needs have been met with multiple phone transfers to various offices around the country or offshore, unnecessary delays due to the need for "more paperwork," lack of communication and information between the various offices, inability to contact our local branch, and just plain incompetence by untrained, indifferent, and often rude staff members. For a corporation that supposedly provides healthcare, Apria has to be one of the worst.

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    Reviewed Aug. 31, 2015

    My wife was released from the hospital and a walker was ordered for her needs. Apria healthcare telephone me for my Visa ATM and I paid my share in full. I noticed my ATM was charged twice for the walker. I called the company for 2 days, without any satisfaction. They kept me on hold with music for 45+ minutes, then said they couldn't help. I asked for a manager and waited another 15 minutes. Someone came on and said a half sentence and hung up. This is outrages! If you care to have terrible service then I would recommend Apria. If you want superior service I suggest calling someone else!!!

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    Reviewed Aug. 30, 2015

    I guess they are too stupid to get it correct. Many phone and hours spent providing the same information to two different billing department, each in a different state. Met all insurance requirements necessary. However still getting Certified letters saying I have not meet the requirements. My doctor recommends getting another supplier. Apria is incompetent and has NO business being in business. The Government should investigate them.

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    Reviewed Aug. 27, 2015

    8/24/15 I received a fat, first class envelope with handwritten address to me and return address. The mailman told me that standard first class was inadequate because the letter weighed 1.9 oz and postage was due. That is the least of my complaint. In that envelope was a 5-page, single-spaced, double-paged form asking me to sign here and there. No way was I going to read that form and sign anything. I called the local Apria office and... oops... 5 o'clock closing time came and the call was automatically disconnected.

    My doctor and I have been pestered with this inefficient nonsense since I started receiving oxygen supplies from Apria. In fairness, the nebulizer supply pharmacy has been spot on, although they do keep pushing me to order supplies that I don't need (tubing, etc). I guess it's a Medicare billing thing. It's just this nonsense from the oxygen department that has been so frustrating. I will certainly find an alternative to Apria after this latest unpleasantness. They are the worst for oxygen.

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    Reviewed Aug. 26, 2015

    I am on Medicare and it's my understanding Apria is the authorized supplier of medical supplies in this area. They are absolutely dreadful. Someone identifying herself as Chanel at Apria, **, called requesting I fax information to her. I did this on July 9, 2015. When I called to follow up, the number rings endlessly and no one answers, not even a machine. I called 888-492-0010, a number that goes to the Philippines. They had a file for me but had never heard of Chanel and had no idea who I talked to previously. They said they were waiting for the information I had already faxed to Chanel.

    I told them the Sleep Lab had all the data in their files. I contacted the Sleep Lab and they said they would take care of it. I called Apria Customer Care again and they said they needed a face-to-face re-evaluation letter from the last doctor I saw. So I have an appointment to see the doctor again next Tuesday. This is taking months for what should be such a simple request. Who would order CPAP supplies if they didn't need them?

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    Reviewed Aug. 24, 2015

    Because of my insurance I can only use Apria. In April 2015 I was very sick. Saw my primary care doctor and he wanted to admit me to the hospital. He agreed that I could stay home if I had my prescription filled and that Apria would deliver my oxygen that day. My doctor's nurse call Apria to verify that they could deliver my oxygen that day. When we got home my husband called Apria and they told him that they would have my oxygen at my home within four hours. They never showed up or called. I called the local Apria office 15 minutes from my home. They promised me it would be at my home before 4:00pm. I explained how necessary it was that my oxygen would be there. They never called or came to my home. Still thinking that they would be there, I laid down to take a nap.

    When my husband checked on me my saturation was 64% and he called 911. When the paramedics arrived they ran a tube down my throat and rushed me to the hospital. My saturation was 54%. I don't remember a thing. I was in ICU for 3 days, they weren't sure if I would make it because my organs were shutting down. This company almost cost me my life. I've complained to my insurance company - they told me that I couldn't use another company because of the contract they had with Apria. By the way, they showed up at my home the next day at 4:30pm. Next time I will pay out of pocket and use another service. After talking to my doctor he stated that he HATES depending on Apria. I would never recommend them to anyone.

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    Reviewed Aug. 24, 2015

    Tried to call nurse. Left message. Never did call back. Not informed that we needed to replace hose and nose piece on CPAP every 6 months. So we continued to use for over a year. We have made numerous calls to the 866 #. Every time we are on hold for over 20 minutes, after they ask us to call them. I have waited for the 20 minutes, only to have them disconnect my call at the 20 min. mark, then I'm on hold another 20 minutes or longer. I have called and on more than one occasion, had them say my wait time is 64 minutes. What are the chances that that happens on multiple occasions? We now own our own equipment, so will never use them again. We are complaining to our clinic and hospital of our experience.

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    Reviewed Aug. 24, 2015

    Tried to setup an appointment to get fitted for a new CPAP mask with Apria. First problem was trying to navigate their mindless customer menu system. Got bounced around to multiple people telling me that I had the wrong office. When I finally got the right office, they wanted me to fax the script. I don't have a home fax so I asked if I could email it, no luck. What's wrong with a company the size of Apria that can't work with email, or can't let you take the script to the local office? Finally got the script fax, and Apria has no record of it. This has got to be one of the most clueless companies I have ever tried doing business with. I don't see a happy or long business future for them if they cannot move with the current business trends.

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    Reviewed Aug. 22, 2015

    Apria is by far the worst company I have dealt with in my whole life. They were assigned by my healthcare provider when I was diagnosed with severe sleep apnea. Right out of the gate, they screwed up my order for my machine and it took months to get it right, not to mention I must have made at least 50 phone calls to get there, and it took several calls at a management level to get it accomplished. Also when ordering supplies, it is the same experience they can't get the order or the paperwork right and again it takes several phone calls and tons of frustration before any results. They send the wrong supplies out all the time and never in a timely fashion.

    Their people are totally incompetent. As we all know, sleep apnea is a serious condition and nobody should have to have to put their life at risk for incompetence. Do yourself a favor and find another supplier. They should have a negative rating because a single star is way too good for the service they supply.

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    Reviewed Aug. 21, 2015

    Still waiting for nasal pillows & headgear supplies to machine. Many months & phone calls from initial efforts to order supplies later. Still waiting... At this rate, I can hope to have supplies in hand in ANOTHER 4 MONTHS. Supervisors don't return calls, this company reps have no credibility with me what-so-ever. But today's 1st call, the rep tried to sell me a NEW Bi-pap machine. Why??? I can't get supplies for the machine we own???!!! My next supply order will be with a different company, out of pocket. I am sure less expensive and have get supplies in hand within 3 business days! Paperwork info faxed numerously from DR office. None of this 24-48 business hours to review faxed info which you received 8/7!!! WTH, Just say talk to you in 1 1/2 WEEKS! So much for expediting and resolving my issues with this company. What a joke! I am not surprised about all these other negative feedback posted on the web.

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    Reviewed Aug. 21, 2015

    I was prescribed a CPAP machine by a neurologist (which was a misdiagnosis... But that is another story). Apria supplied the machine. After about 6 months the machine stopped functioning. I called the customer service to ask for a technician or a replacement machine. The call was logged, but nothing was done. After waiting a few weeks, I called again. Same result. The company kept billing me for the monthly cost, even though the device was faulty. I stopped paying the bill and bought a replacement device myself.

    After repeated calls to the billing department, they refused to remove the charges. I disputed them and they have now put the account in for collection. If only the service department was as thorough as the billing department! I called several times asking how they can justify charging for a service that was not supplied and they just kept reiterating that I had to pay the account. How can a company that supplies medical devices be so poor? If you have a choice, avoid Apria at all costs!!!

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    Reviewed Aug. 21, 2015

    Oxygen tank delivery. We have health insurance. Someone put us as self pay. Bounced my automatic payments from 15.83 a month to 787.00. Been four months to get resolved because they didn't put my claim within 90 days. Insurance denied it. We always had health insurance. So now my balance keeps going up. I have cancelled my oxygen delivery. They can take me to court.

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    Reviewed Aug. 20, 2015

    Had oxygen service for over a year. Insisted on deliveries that were not requested nor required. The equipment and tanks were picked up on 6-4-15. Since then I have been getting bills, calls and charges for equipment I not longer have. I have called customer service on four occasions and waited on the phone for an hour each time... no one answered. Then they call me again about an outstanding balance. I was not going to go through the phone hassle again so I emailed Apria, using the customer service address provided on their website - 7-28-15. Even though I requested a reply and the website said I would get a quick reply. Never got an answer to my email.

    Got another call on 8-14-15 and was able to talk to a customer service rep and was assured that she would take care of the account and balance would be zero. 8-20-15 got a call for the balance in question. Explained it all again and requested a supervisor or manager. Was told they would transfer the call and it would only take a couple of minutes... half an hour later I hung up. Always ask your doctor or referring hospital, who is the provider. If it is Apria, say NO!

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    Reviewed Aug. 20, 2015

    Apria Healthcare sent supplies for my C-pal device and withdrew money out my account. I did not authorized Apria to make the withdraw which caused a negative status in my account. It's Fraud to take money without authorization. D.O.S. 6/23/15.

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    Reviewed Aug. 19, 2015

    I called to place an order for CPAP supplies. My old supplier isn't covered by my new insurance. I was routed to a call center in the Philippines. Each time I called (and I had to call 4 times) I was asked to confirm all of my personal info. In every case I was asked to provide my name 2-3 times each call. Every time I was told I would have my supplies within 7-10 days. Yesterday, 5 days from my initial order, I received a call from Apria asking me to call back regarding my order. I spent a combined 84 minutes on three calls trying to supply the missing info (it appears it was there all along). After long periods on hold I was told that my order would be delivered in 7-10 days. When I finally got to a supervisor, I was told that my supplies hadn't shipped yet. Given the loss of my time, I would have saved money if I just bought the supplies with cash.

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    Reviewed Aug. 18, 2015

    My insurance company initially denied a claim made by Apria Healthcare and they, without notifying me of the denial, charged my credit card 955.00. When I saw this I called the insurance company (after being unsuccessful in contacting Apria) and they said if Apria resubmitted their claim it would be paid as we had met all our deductibles and were covered in full.

    I have trying for most of the day to contact Apria to ask them to resubmit their claim and credit my credit card account with no success. I held on for one hour at one point waiting for someone to come on the line. When she did I gave her all my information and the nature of my request, at which point she put me on hold "so she could review the claim file," at which point I was cut off. She never called me back. When I called back I was told via recording that my hold time would be approximately 88 minutes. I hung up. I waited two hours and called back and was told there was a 13 minute hold time, which while too long was not 88 minutes so I waited. After 25 minutes the phone rang, then stopped and I got dead silence and was again disconnected.

    I do not understand how a business can operate in such a manner. I was able to speak to someone in one of their departments that handle the equipment we were using, who was of no help, but was at least able to furnish me with our account number so I could e-mail them (have yet to hear back). I was unable to do this earlier as I did not have a patient account number as all billing was handled through the insurance. I will be filing a complaint with my healthcare provider and insisting that they not be used for any future healthcare needs we might have.

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    Reviewed Aug. 18, 2015

    I spent 4 hours and 4 telephone batteries with 5 separate attempts to get connected. NOTHING BUT WAITING and music. The equipment is potentially life-saving for me as I have advanced sleep apnea. As I am writing this, I am still waiting to be connected. All tel. # I have tried are just put on indefinite hold. With this and similar experiences, I must state that Apria has the worst service on the planet. Disgusting.

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    Reviewed Aug. 18, 2015

    It is not possible to speak to someone in the local office. You have to drive across town to speak to them. When you do that, they are closed. If you call the local number, you get someone across the country (or maybe in India) who can't help you. They tell you to talk to the local office. It's never ending. But when they want to sell you new supplies, they beat down your door. Do NOT use this company.

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    Reviewed Aug. 17, 2015

    Within a week of your delivery, you receive between 3 and 5 non-human phone calls to confirm. When you try and contact them, you have to push about 8 buttons only to be put on hold for over 30, and when you do get a human, they are not in the USA. My husband and most people who have oxygen delivery are sick or injured. I believe they are trying to drive these poor ill people crazy, but what they don't do. The service people who actually make the delivery are very good, but the business end of this company should not even be in business.

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    Reviewed Aug. 14, 2015

    I contacted United Healthcare for a pt to inquire where to get durable medical equipment for this baby who is 6 days old. They gave me the name of Apria so we contacted them. I was told by the Fort Myers office that they could not help me and would not give me a reason. I called the Sarasota office and was told EXACTLY what to do and what to fax them for the order. I did all this at 11:30 AM. At 4 pm I called to check the status, and was told that they could not help me either. They never contacted me to tell me the status. This newborn will now not get what they need and we are on a Friday afternoon. I hope for Apria's sake everything works out for this baby.

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    Reviewed Aug. 14, 2015

    Apria informed me that they were not allowed under California Laws to pick up my Oxygen Compressor or tanks without first my showing that I had another Oxygen company in place. I could not get my new health insurance to pick up financial responsibility for my equipment without first redoing the testing to see if I needed it. During this time the bill was mounting with Apria. I was finally able to have them collect the canisters at least. But not the compressor.

    Three weeks later Apria stole $300.00 from my daughter's bank account. They were giving her debit card to pay $4.00 for hoses at the time of delivery two years prior. Never was it consented to use her account to pay for billing or future cost or purchases. When my daughter called Apria each person on the chain to a supervisor treated her rudely including the supervisor. The supervisor LIED to her and told her that I recently signed authorizing them to charge her account. This NEVER happened! Even had it have happened...Any fool knows it would have to be the authorized person in the bank account to have authorized such payment. This is bank fraud!

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    Reviewed Aug. 14, 2015

    I am in extreme need of a C-Pap Negative Pressure breathing machine. It has taken over 11 weeks and more than 10 phone calls to get a C-Pap Machine. This company should change its name from Apria Home heal care to Apathetic Home health - we don't care a bit. This is the MOST DYSFUNCTIONAL Company with the most DYSFUNCTIONAL EMPLOYEES that I have ever dealt with in my life!!! It has taken me over 11 weeks and numerous calls to get my machine. Well it finally arrived today without any TUBING or the heated humidifier that I was billed for. The response when I called the NOT SO SMART OR KNOWLEDGEABLE EMPLOYERS was "well just use it without the tubing."

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    Reviewed Aug. 13, 2015

    Ordered Cpap equipment on July 27th. Prescription sent then said they had received it. Doctor refaxed on Aug. 12th. Called Aug. 13th - still said they weren't sure they had it. Canceled order Aug 13th.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Aug. 13, 2015

    I ordered face mask cushions in May 2015. Apria sent 3 full face masks instead. I contacted them and returned the full face masks sent in error. I have spent more than 20 hours since 6/3/15 trying to get money paid by my insurance company (UMR, $1287.09) returned. Waiting times vary from 40 to 80 minutes when you try to contact someone at your company to take care of this.

    Many of your "customer service" reps are rude and very unhelpful and have lied to me. Was told in June they had sent a claim adjustment to UMR, was a lie. Just keep telling me "I can't do anything about it", that my insurance company has to contact Apria about this and they (UMR) have not done so - another lie as UMR claims staff have done so many times but they can't get anyone to talk to them and recordings tell UMR's claims staff to leave a detailed message for "Dominque" who will return their call which they have done repeatedly. Dominque (if she exists) does not return any of their calls. This is insurance fraud.

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    Reviewed Aug. 13, 2015

    A person could die before getting anyone to pick up the phones at customer service. Three days I have tried and waited and waited and then was transferred and lost and called back and waited and waited. Then I finally get a human and they don't speak English well enough for an American to understand.

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    Reviewed Aug. 13, 2015

    My supplies for my bpap was supposed to have been received by July 14. Apria had called me on a recording, reminding me of the order and confirmed it on phone. I have called 6 times and no order yet. I have been a customer over 20 years. Not good.

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    Reviewed Aug. 13, 2015

    I can't believe that I tried calling this company today THREE times, a total of 1 and half hours wait. Still no answer. No other way to contact them. Just to say my mom passed away and my dad was living with me now. Thank god his machine is working. Can't believe a company actually can operate in the United States with this kind of customer service, that deals with oxygen. You suck as a health care company.

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    Reviewed Aug. 12, 2015

    If I could give a negative five I would. Since I starting with them in April, NOT ONE THING HAS BEEN CORRECT... From when they are delivering devices, O2 or to appointments at their facilities, they either have no record, are providing the wrong item or service and poor customer/phone service. I only have to wonder if they hire people with High School diplomas. What kind of in-house training do they get on a continual basis? They are wasting money paying hourly wages to these people not to mention my hourly wage trying to resolve all these mistakes. They are horrifying. There is no other word to describe them. They happily bill me monthly. My advice is to only speak to a manager or a supervisor. Lastly, if I hear them say at the end of every call, "Thank you for being the best part of Apria," I think I will throw up. They are dealing with sick people and a majority of old people and what should be made easier they make harder. SHAME ON THEM.

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    Reviewed Aug. 12, 2015

    If I could rate them in the negative I would. The Modesto Branch has failed miserably in the service that I have received, which is no service! It started when supplies were not delivered to currently not showing my appointment in the schedule 2 times. There is not enough space for me to further explain, just find another company to do business with if you can!

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    Reviewed Aug. 11, 2015

    Their sales PREVENTION dept is in full mode! Billing sucks. They autocall five (5) times a day wearing out my answering machine: as a "courtesy call to prevent further collection efforts." Paid them three (3) months-two in advance, on machine rental. Check was cashed and paid by my bank 10 days ago. They still call multiple times a day. Have tried to call them to explain, never have I reached a person. Spend over an hour punching buttons and getting caught up in their phone maze!!! Spent over 1/2 hr on hold. Well, I did talk to a human being with Apria last week: Joe in India. Joe's comprehension of English is sorely lacking, much less his comprehension of the problem. After 10 minutes of him telling how much he appreciated my call, I hung up on him.

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    Reviewed Aug. 11, 2015

    My physician placed an order of CPAP machine on last Monday at 3 pm. I have received recorded call on next morning at 9 am, informed me that they have received my order. On Thursday, I have received call from customer service regarding processing of my order. I picked up my CPAP machine on Friday noon from one of their local office. Local office personnel was very nicely explained me how to use machine. I am very happy. I wish I can give them 10 stars.

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    Reviewed Aug. 11, 2015

    I have many thing that Apria have mishandled. First, they send me supplies I never ordered, charge my insurance company and me for the products. I spent over an hour trying to get it straightened out but was told a supervisor would contact me. Haven't heard a word from anyone but billing. Spent another hour on hold and couldn't resolve the issue. This company is a joke from their automated system to their horrific customer service.

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    Reviewed Aug. 10, 2015

    In January my company changed insurance providers. When it was time for my CPAP supplies I called them and gave them updated insurance information. I also requested that they send me a slightly smaller mask. When my shipment came, no smaller mask. Then I get a bill for the full amount because my old provider didn't pay. Of course they didn't, I wasn't covered under them anymore. So I called again and gave them updated insurance information again and asked them to rebill. Then I get the bill again full amount. It's now August and I'm getting past due notices and now they're telling me it's beyond the time my insurance provider will accept claims. Nothing they can do for me.

    So I called and the "Expected wait time is 31 minutes." An hour later I talk to a woman and she just repeats information to me. I can't resolve this issue with them, so now they'll send me to collections and damage my credit... thanks. They send the wrong stuff all the time, they're hard to get a hold of and they can't help you when you finally get through to them. If you can, avoid this company at all costs. They're so incompetent and their systems don't work. I've updated my insurance with them 3 times this year and they have still yet to send me the correct things that I need.

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    Reviewed Aug. 10, 2015

    This is by far the worse experience I have ever had with a company!!! My Dr sent them the rx 3 weeks ago, I never received my unit by UPS. I called Apria which they said they never got my rx but when I talked to them prior, they said it would be shipped. Now they said can't be shipped and never even ordered it! They just can't get it together. Would NEVER RECOMMENDED THIS COMPANY TO ANYONE!!!

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    Reviewed Aug. 9, 2015

    I hate dealing with this company. They can't keep any detail straight, numerous billing issues. Right now, I'm trying to get a service call logged for my c-pap machine. I walk through the prompts till the auto attendant says they are transferring me to an agent. Then my call basically gets dropped. About as useful as an icebox for Eskimos.

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    Reviewed Aug. 6, 2015

    My complaint is like most others. Their prices are insane. They charge the insurer AND the patient simultaneously to see who pays first. They threaten to harm your credit and make incessant collection calls for questionable charges on completely wrong shipments. I received two calls already today for $100 that I'm sure I don't owe, but sent anyway to get them off my back. I will pay retail for any supplies I need, rather than deal with them. It will still be cheaper than what they charge over my insurance payment.

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    Reviewed Aug. 5, 2015

    They don't sent a bill nor call regarding any payment nor funds to be taken out of your account. The hold time for any call to them regarding payments or supplies are always 20 min. to an hour or more. The people in customer service are at a loss themselves. I hate calling them. It takes anywhere from 2 to 4 days to get anything half way set.

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    Reviewed Aug. 5, 2015

    I spent a considerable amount of time on the phone trying to get portable oxygen. Each person I spoke to seemed confused and had to call 2 other departments. After asking for the same information over and over I was told that someone would call me regarding delivery. I didn't receive a call so once again I called them and spent more time on hold and giving the same information to their reps. I finally got the oxygen which was not portable. I received a large tank which I accepted because I was desperate by then. After calling me to verify whether or not it was too late to deliver the oxygen, the delivery person seemed annoyed when I told him it was okay to deliver it. I don't understand how they stay in business.

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    Reviewed Aug. 5, 2015

    After confirming with my insurance company that they would cover a knee scooter for my daughter, as prescribed by her surgeon, I called Apria to place an order. This was on a Friday morning. The scooter is necessary since she also has a broken collarbone and cannot use crutches or a wheelchair. The surgery was scheduled the following Monday and Apria told me I'd have the scooter early that week. The surgery took place on Monday. I called Apria on Tuesday morning at 8:30. They told me they were still waiting to see if they needed approval from the insurance company. I told them I already called my insurance and they told me it's covered.

    They put an urgent note in the file. I called again Wednesday morning at 8:30. They told me they are still waiting to see if they need approval from the insurance company. I reiterated everything to them. They told me they were putting an urgent note on it and escalating the issue, but that I probably won't hear back from them for at least 24 hours. Meanwhile, my child is in agony just trying to get to the bathroom because she can't put any weight on her ankle. Thanks, Apria. I will never, ever, call them again for anything. I called Medline this morning and gave them my information. I'm betting they get this through before I ever hear back from Apria. I only wish I had read these reviews prior to placing that phone call.

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    Reviewed Aug. 4, 2015

    January 2015 my Dr ordered a new cpap.com machine for me. Apria claims that needed insurance approval. Insurance said it had been approved. I finally received the machine after I drove to their office. When I got there, they demanded I provide credit card info. I argued due to their constant billing issues. I gave them an HSA card number and promptly cancelled the card when I left. For months now I have tried to get cpap supply reorder... nothing! Today I called and complained. They refused to honor my prescription for supplies unless I gave a credit card number again. Again I had to give a number since my breathing is now out of control for their failure to produce and again I have canceled my credit card. It is atrocious that they can refuse a medical prescription unless they have a credit card. Their billing department needs remedial training and this company needs to be investigated!

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    Reviewed Aug. 4, 2015

    My last CPAP company discontinued the specific chinstrap I have to have in order to get a decent night's sleep. I called Apria and the person I spoke to assured me that my particular chinstrap was available. So I moved my business to them. My first order came and the incorrect chinstrap was sent instead of the one they promised me I'd get when I switched companies to them. I let it go for a while, but after a couple of weeks of lousy sleep I called customer service. I spoke to someone who represented himself as a supervisor and he told me the correct chinstrap would be sent to me at no charge, since Apria had made the error. Well, that was in early July and the aforementioned correct chinstrap never came.

    So I call last week to place a replenishment order for all my supplies. I spoke to a young man who told me that Apria made an error (this is starting to become a theme at this point) and my supplies, including the correct chinstrap, would be shipped pronto. Well, they never showed up. I called Apria "customer service" yesterday to try and ascertain why. When I selected the number for CPAP supplies from the phone menu, I get a message that says this is no longer a working number. At long last, after being very patient with Apria, I begin to get peeved. So I called back and push the number for "Doctors or Hospitals calling" and of course someone answered THAT line immediately.

    I explained the situation and she said all she could do was send me over to CPAP supplies... you remember, the option that sends you to a dead end. This lady snidely explained to me that there's nothing, NOTHING else she can do. She can't call the company office and let them know there's a problem with the line, she can't try the line herself to see if I can be put in touch with them, she can do N-O-T-H-I-N-G. At which point I said, Apria, YOU'RE FIRED! I told this snide person that I will pay for nothing sent to me from this moment forward. The only moment she acted at all pleasant during the whole conversation was when I told her I would do no further business with Apria, and to remove me from their records. She actually sounded gleeful as she did this. This company is a scam outfit.

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    Reviewed Aug. 4, 2015

    2 days trying to talk to a person and all I get is - it will be approx 100 minutes... really?? Do they seriously think a person wants to sit, hold a phone and listen to terrible elevator music?? Not!!! All it is automated... push this push that. In all my adult years (I'm 72) I've never dealt with all this kind of thing! Vent over!

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    Reviewed Aug. 3, 2015

    I have been paying for a wheelchair since August of 2014. The payments are deducted from my checking account automatically every month. Now they say I am 6 months behind in payments & they have not had a payment since January. I took all my bank statements with the withdrawals to Apria on them, to our local Apria, & the clerk tried to help me. After she made numerous calls to the Medicare billing at the Apria office, she got nowhere. We did talk to one woman, but she was disrespectful to me & the Apria clerk. The wait time to talk to someone is over 45 minutes & then they don't believe me or the clerk that I had proof of payment.

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    Reviewed Aug. 1, 2015

    I recently switched jobs and was with Blue Cross Blue Shield and had a great hometown office where I could get the CPAP supplies that I needs and they fit the mask to my face. The new job I have uses a different insurance company and I thought my only choice to get my supplies was Apria. When I first started using them I had to order my supplies over the phone and so the mask that I selected I thought would fit me would work and I even asked the sales rep if it does not fit can I return it and she told me yes.

    The mask turned out to be too big and just a couple of days after I received it I took it into the office here in my hometown and showed them the mask was too big and they took me into another room and tried the mask on me and said no it was not and I was stuck with it. So I ended up having to use it. They then turned around almost a year later and sent me another mask just like the one that is too big for me in the mail as my refill to my prescription and now they are insisting they pay them $180 for it When it should be free or less than that since my insurance provides new supplies every 3 to 6 months. I am very, very frustrated right now.

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    Reviewed July 31, 2015

    I am an advocate for an Apria customer. This company cannot answer questions pertaining to the itemized bill. The agents do not know what the equipment codes are so they cannot tell you what you are being billed for. There are things on the bill that we did not order or receive. The bill was not sent to Medicare even though we followed the directions and crossed off the things we did not receive and they billed us. When we try to speak with someone to resolve the bill and get them to send it to Medicare we are place on hold for 54 minutes and then it hangs up, call back, wait 37 min. and hang up, we have been on hold many time in the past month and we have never been able to reach billing. If we hit another button to reach anyone we are told we have to keep trying the billing number because they are very busy. I don't know what the resolve is for us but I think our next move is to call Medicare.

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    Reviewed July 30, 2015

    I wish there is something below one star in the rating. I am beyond angry, I am furious!!! I haven't had enough sleep for months and I am having a hard time staying awake during the day, especially when driving. All because of Apria's incompetence! Apria provides CPAP for Kaiser patients. My CPAP was defective and Kaiser contacted Apria and ordered a replacement CPAP in May 22, 2015. I received a call from a respiratory therapist on May 28 from the local Apria site (San Leandro, CA) to bring my unit anytime so I can have a replacement. I stop by and they were closed for lunch.

    I waited and when they opened, I was asked if I have an appointment. I told the receptionist that Pamela told me to stop by to get a replacement CPAP unit. I was told to wait and after waiting for about an hour, I was told that they did not receive prescription for my CPAP. I left since I have to get back to work. I contacted Kaiser and I was told that my prescription was sent back in May 22 and they have contacted Apria once again to indicate that my prescription was sent. I was informed that Apria will be contacting me.

    Fast-forward. July 22, I am yet to receive a call from Apria. I contacted Kaiser and they got in touch with Apria once again. I received a call from Apria. The woman verified my contact information and took my credit card number for the copayment. She promised expedited processing and I should be receiving my replacement CPAP in 2 days, sent through FedEx. July 30, still no CPAP. Checked my credit card statement and my copayment has been paid. Called Apria customer service, the woman went through verifying my information again and confirmed that my copayment was paid then she promised expedited processing once again. I asked for a proof that she requested expedited processing and she said she cannot do that. I firmly told her that I need my CPAP tomorrow. We shall see...

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    Reviewed July 30, 2015

    I placed an order with Apria and they never sent the CPAP supplies. When I called again, I got a total run around by stupid people who had no training and no clue. Apria does not have a central database and can't tell how many orders I have placed, or how long I have been getting CPAP supplies. Their people are untrained, unhelpful and ignorant. Do not rely on Apria if there is ANY alternative. Apria has no business being in healthcare and they don't care about your needs.

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    Reviewed July 29, 2015

    Medicare says that my copay for medical devices is 20% of the cost. I have a bi-pap machine that I have already paid Apria over $2000 in less than a year and a half. I supposed to be paying now $70 a month for as long as I have the machine. With a lifespan of 5 years, this will cost me about $5000. The cost associated with Apria is $4900 - more than retail - although I believe that Apria with their buying power can get the machine for around $3200. Based on the Medicare copay, I should only be paying $490 for the machine. I feel that I am being ripped off. Apria says that my insurance requires that I pay these copayments. Yet, my insurance company says that they have no contract with Apria.

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    Reviewed July 28, 2015

    On hold for over an hour trying to get in touch with billing. They were charging me for my CPAP Nasal Mask $130 saying my secondary insurance did not cover it. I called my secondary insurance and they haven't received a claim. The representative said she can't deny a claim without having a claim in the first place. She also said that they cover CPAP supplies and I had the coverage. She called Apria and they could not find my order. Another 1.5 hours on the phone and still no resolutions.

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    Reviewed July 28, 2015

    I have been on hold for at least 6 hours in the last 2 days trying to get a problem solved! I got through at 8 this morning, asked if they had received a form I had sent in, I got put on hold while they checked. I held for 40 minutes, finally hung up. I was so disgusted. Every time I call I get told problem would be solved by next month but it never is. What a joke this company is!

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    Reviewed July 28, 2015

    If you are looking for a company that does not do their job beyond selling equipment and supplies, Apria is right for you. However if you expect to be able to contact customer service in under a half hour better yet. If you would like to become the middleman between billing and your doctor you'll have a blast. And if you expect them to respond to requests as to how to operate their equipment forget it. The culture is anti-customer. Worst of all they deliver more than ordered and bill Medicare for supplies not needed or wanted. And for real thrill seekers you can speak with customer service in India. Lastly I am calling out the CEO as a lying coward.

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    Reviewed July 27, 2015

    When I was changed from a cpap to a bpap the face mask I was using wasn't up to the task. I informed Apria and Humana. I went to Apria and was told I couldn't have another mask for three months. I was still having problems. The mask was leaking air on side and I had it so tight it was leaving marks on my face, giving me head aches and I was waking up about every hour or so to try to stop the air leak and the noise it made (like snoring. I tried stuffing Kleenex around it but that didn't work.) Finally it was the time I was told I could get a new face mask. Apparently, the person who told me this was wrong. It was another month away. Time again, called to make appointment, was told doctor would have to submit order. It just so happened to have doctor's appointment. Found out that was a lie.

    Finally went in to get new mask. Told lady in charge what happened with my old mask and explained I needed one strong enough around my nose and mouth that would not leak air. She took me over to board with masks hanging on them and told me to pick one. She showed me the latest 2 models and said they would fit the BPAP. I asked her about the leakage around my face and she really had no knowledge on how either would work around my face. I picked the one that seem to have the strongest plastic that goes around mouth and nose. Had same problem with this mask as I did with the other. Just told Humana wouldn't pay for another mask for six months.

    Since I had explained my problem accurately, and knew I hadn't been getting the best results from my BPAP for months, and they knew it, I felt like I should have been allowed to return this mask and get with my Doctor on a better fitting mask for me. However, all I ever got was Humana won't pay until you have had this one 6 months. I saw the indifference and even smugness on this woman's face. I was sent a few days ago the piece that goes over the nose and mouth, and the plastic pieces you put around that piece, along with a well, and new tubing. The main problem was this was what I used on my cpap, wrong equipment. And now I will tell you how stupid I am! I thought the piece that covered your nose and mouth was considered the mask. Imagine my surprise when I took all these items to Apria, and told them I wanted none of this until I got my new mask, and apparently I could since they sent me the wrong mask.

    Number one: By them sending me this mask, I thought I could get new mask. Number 2: Imagine my surprise when I was told that this face piece with the plastic covers, was not a MASK! The blue straps that hold it on are considered the mask! Of course, there were no blue straps in the box. Please tell me how blue strap are considered a MASK since (1) it doesn't cover the nose and mouth. (2) there is no way of plugging in the blue straps on my BPAP machine. (I would be breathing on my own). (3). How can anyone call a strap a MASK and look smug doing it, when you are mad and upset and the person has no decency to even offer or make any other suggestions.

    I told this woman about the marks being left on my face and even showed them to her. The queen was not amused, and kept typing. These marks stay on my face all day. Even after a shower, moisturizers, and makeup they are still there. I guess she thought they were just lines on my face. But my entire family has seen then. I worked in customer service for years. I know there are ways she could have assisted me. The best one being, letting me return the last mask, and informing Humana of the return so I could get a proper mask!!! You would not have lost any money, as you would have had a tax write off.

    Please call this woman at the Apria office, and help me get the proper service I should have had at the beginning as I am still having the same problems with this mask. Do not wait till September to answer this. Thanking you in advance in believing you will make this right immediately. Please do not disappoint again. Dissatisfied customer. Please retrain your people that meet the public. Smugness and arrogance are not good qualities for a greeter of customers much less ones who deals with public.

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    Reviewed July 27, 2015

    Visited Apria a week ago. It has been impossible to reach them by phone at the Cromwell office to resolve billing and operating issues.

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    Reviewed July 27, 2015

    I placed an order for CAPA machine supplies in late April 2015 and they will request insurance authorization. I called in middle of May 2015 to Apria and they informed me that they did not receive authorization from my health insurance company. I contacted my insurance and they informed me they had processed the claim. I thought that it will take a week or two to process so I waited. I did not receive supplies so I called Apria again in June and they said they never received insurance authorization, but I received my copy of authorization and I mailed a copy to Apria and I waited 1-1/2 wk before calling them again.

    When I called, Apria informed me that they never received it. Fortunately I mailed the copy with delivery tracker and I informed them that I have record that they did received it. They put me on hold and returned to me to informed me that they did received it and that they will need to scan the letter to input into their system before processing my order. I waited another week and now it is July. I decided to call my local Apria office instead of the main general phone number. The local Apria office informed me that they don't have an order for me. I got very upset and told my horrible experience to the rep. She put me on hold and told me that there wasn't an order and that she sees the insurance company authorization for supplies. She took the order and did review the order items I needed and informed me that she will expedite it for me.

    A few days later, an Apria rep called me at 8:20 am to inform me that they will need my credit card number and other information. I refused to provide that information and the rep told me that they will not process my order! I informed her that they have authorization from the insurance company itemizing the specific supplies I needed and that there is no need to have my credit card. I explained to her that the last time I provided my credit to a company, they debited my account and it took two months for them to reimburse me! I requested to speak to the rep's supervisor, but the supervisor was not in. I then requested to speak to the manager, but she was also not in. I then requested to speak to the president of the company. The rep informed me that she will leave a message for the manager to call me.

    I DO NOT recommend this company. I have used this company for over 10 years and this is the LAST time I will ever deal with this company.

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    Reviewed July 25, 2015

    My son is a 16 month old baby born with Spina Bifida among other issues. His one issue called a Chiari Malformation causes him to not regulate his breathing and he has blue spells. The doctor ordered a rescue bag from Apria (who we use their oxygen). They sent me the bag with a face mask for an infant or preemie. I called Apria to get a new mask. I was told they had to ask a respiratory therapist for the right size mask for my son. Needless to say it's been a month and still no mask. Every time I call it's a different story. The other day I had to call an ambulance for my son bc he had a blue spell and passed out. If I had my bag I could have maybe helped him myself.

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    Reviewed July 24, 2015

    This company is quick to take your order and your copay and then dick you around for weeks on delivering the order. They are pleasant on the phone but call center staff are clearly not empowered to actually address problems. They also can't explain why things are delayed. I would not recommend them unless they are the only ones your insurance works with.

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    Reviewed July 24, 2015

    I have used a C-Pap machine for decades. Apria talked me into getting new one as they said, I qualified for one under my insurance every five years. They had me sign receipt that in the small print said I would be responsible for any amount that the insurance didn't cover. They charge lease amount monthly for 13 months and then I would own it. Medicare rejected the claim.

    Every time I tried to call Apria (wait time at least 30 minutes each), I was told a different story as to why the claim was denied. The Doctor didn't write a script, the doctor didn't sign the correct place, I need to submit base study from 14 years ago, I need a new sleep study. Finally after jumping through all the hoops, I had a new sleep study and face to face visit with doctor. Medicare still denied claims and we were being charged on my credit card without any statement or billing information received from Apria. I told them to stop taking from my charge card account and send statement. They said that had to be in writing and would take some time to process. (Funny, it didn't take them any time at all to start charging me.) I said, I should return the C-Pap, they said not to worry, it would all be sorted out and I would be reimbursed.

    It was NEVER sorted out, Apria did not return calls, they did not send in an appeal. I tried, but failed. The bottom line was the sleep study needed to be done within 6 weeks BEFORE receiving equipment, not after. After paying for the C-Pap in full, I went to another supplier and they did not ask me to sign for payment, the claim sailed through and was completely covered. Now, why couldn't Apria do that??? DO NOT GIVE THEM YOUR CHARGE NUMBER OR SIGN FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. They will not give me refund and have been very discourteous. FIND ANOTHER COMPANY!!!! Wish I did sooner.

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    Reviewed July 24, 2015

    I called to inquire about supplies for my CPAP machine. I was told insurance won't cover till July 20 or 22. I was asked if I wanted to place the order and it wouldn't be processed till then. My gut said no but I trusted. Of course items were shipped early and I got billed. Call for help and I get send to the black hole of billing with a 72 minute wait time?!? 72 minutes are you serious? How many people are you screwing that I am on hold 72 minutes? You have to be a multi million dollar company. 72 minutes? Do as you promised. You shouldn't have sent the supplies and you shouldn't have billed me. Absolutely unacceptable. I will find another machine. And will not do business with Apria unless I in coma cannot stop someone.

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    Reviewed July 24, 2015

    My preemie son came home on oxygen, the closest place that could deliver O2 was Apria. Gave them a debit card to keep on file because he was renting equipment. Even though they had insurance information, they still kept billing me and told me I had to submit claims through my insurance to get reimbursed. Called my insurance and they said that was incorrect, Apria should only bill me for what is left over after insurance.

    My son got off oxygen, I called them to pick up their equipment, which is still sitting in my basement because 'someone will come pick it up' but they never do. Ended up revoking permission to charge my card canceling that card because they wouldn't stop charging me, got hounded by collection calls from them. Somehow they got my new debit card # and have charged me whenever they feel like it, in high amounts at that. Can't ever get a hold of customer service and when you do, they are rude and awful. I have no idea how this place is still in business.

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    Reviewed July 23, 2015

    I write this as a warning for health care providers. If you can fax a script to Apria and never talk with them, that is fine. However, I have spent a total of 1 1/2 hours on the phone, for two separate days trying to assure that a patient would have oxygen delivered. After being hung up on the first day, I had called at about 4:30 pm - perhaps they are limited to taking calls only until 5 pm - but I was on the phone with them. I called back at 8 am to assure that my patient would have oxygen delivered that day. I was told by the first representative they would not deliver the oxygen for four days! I spoke to a total of four individuals trying to simply call in a script for oxygen. WARNING - fax a script or use another company.

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    Reviewed July 22, 2015

    I went to pick up my CPAP equipment. They asked a few questions, made a few statements and said "which one do you want?" I said "can't I try any on?" The response was "no, pick one then try it." I picked on and told them it was uncomfortable. They said "take it home and try it." I knew it wouldn't work, I had a CPAP before and knew what I could tolerate. I called the main office and the office manager said that was the policy. "When you buy a pair of shoes they initially hurt, right?" I replied "I don't buy shoes that hurt. I try them on first." She relented and said I should set up another appointment and go try on as many masks as I want. When I got there the respiratory therapist tried one mask on me. I said "this was better than the last. What else can I try on?" She said "none, take this one home and try it." Same old line.

    I said her boss said I could try on as many as I wanted to. She sat back threw up her hands and said "you can try on any mask in here (no attempt to fit the mask)." That left me no alternative but to leave with nothing. I said "an associate had just gone to get his mask fit". He was given a half dozen options to choose from. She said that no way was that possible. She should go check out the Morristown Sleep a Center. Maybe she'll learn something. She asked me to leave if I wasn't taking the equipment. I asked to see her boss. She said "you can call her FROM OUTSIDE THE BUILDING." I'll never hear from her.

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    Reviewed July 22, 2015

    I have had issues with the CPAP unit and headgear, complaints got nowhere. I asked for exchange equipment, nothing. They sent replacement products without my authorization and charged my insurance - they charge beyond outrageous prices, so ridiculous that I refused to use the machine any more. I returned the unit in a as brand new condition. They harass me 4 x a day 7 days a week for a payment that they billed me, that is after I turned in the equipment. Every time I try to call them to resolve the issue they are on a 15 minute + hold or put me on hold after 30 and 40 minutes I cannot hold.

    I am disrupted at work constantly by the calls. They have cost me a lot of lost work time. Never do business with them. When I returned the equipment a poor old man was in the office fighting with the manager over the same issues. She stormed out and went in another room and locked the door leaving the office girl to handle all the p.o'd customers.

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    Reviewed July 22, 2015

    In the beginning we were told this company did not have good customer service. That depends on the person getting the service and the person giving the service. We made an appointment and ask the person about our insurance. She said there was a co-pay of $500.00. When my husband said he did not think so she said "will you please stay on the line while I check with your insurance company?" (Great customer service). He did and we do not have a co-pay. So we made an appointment.

    We came in and saw Shavon ** for my husband's Cpap machine. She is so friendly. Explained everything. Listened to all his concerns about the machine, since he had one for a few weeks from another company. She explained things that were never explained before. Made my husband a whole lot more at ease that he is really trying to get use to the machine. He is having trouble with the one in his nose and I called the help desk. They sent a request through for a therapist to call and within the hour someone called. The next day someone called again to make sure he had been helped. Thank you. This is what I call GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE.

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    Reviewed July 22, 2015

    I received a letter from Apria that it was past time for service on the concentrator I am using from them. They said they had tried to contact me. They had not. My phone is answered 24/7. I called them and set up an appointment. They could not tell me a time frame they would be there, just some time that day and they would call the day before. You got it, they never called or showed up. I called them back late that day and got a service specialist that could hardly speak English let alone understand English. After a long and trying time with her (trying to get another appointment time) I asked for a supervisor to call me back and that never happened. They did call on the day of service, not the day before and expect me to change my doctor appointment and sit and wait for hours. My doctor appointment comes first. This is not the first time this has happened. Service D.

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    Reviewed July 16, 2015

    I was referred to Apria Healthcare through my physician. The doctor's office set up the referral and Apria Healthcare was to contact me. After two weeks of waiting they had not called. The doctor's office asked me to call them direct. When I called, they left me on hold for more than 20 minutes - at last someone answered, but they had to switch me to another department. Again I was put on hold for about 10 minutes - then I was switched to another department. The operator asked me to wait. I waited until I ran out of patience. The operator came back on the line. I asked, "can you call me back?" I was told that she couldn't because I would lose my turn for the next operator. I hung up after trying for nearly two hours to make an appointment. I NEVER want to deal with this company.

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    Reviewed July 16, 2015

    I'd had my BiPAP machine for 2 years. It stopped working approximately 1 week ago. When I called Apria Healthcare to ask if they could service my machine, They were not interested in servicing my machine at all, only wanted me to buy a new one. When I told them over and over that I couldn't afford a new machine and I only wanted mine serviced they told me it would cost $75.00 just to pick up the machine and an additional cost to send it off for repair. I'm retired and explained that I couldn't afford the $75.00. The man that I spoke to was very disrespectful and told me to call Obama. He also told me the drivers had to live.

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    Reviewed July 14, 2015

    My dad came home from hosp. after a couple hours there on his travel vent, without an HME because it didn't fit on his circuit. So called Apria & they came the next day (yesterday). Our rep said, "where's the adaptor for the HME?", & I said, "what's it look like & why wouldn't we have it?" He told me that I take care of my dad so I should order it! Well, what's it called? You're the respiratory therapist & why haven't you ever told me he needed it, & sent us home w/ it months ago?

    This morning my dad's O2 levels dropped to 78 really quickly & I had to ambulance him, & called 911.

    I knew at this point he plugged because of the HME not being on him. Because of this plug, he ended up dying but they got the plugs out & started breathing again. We are all traumatized! Awful customer service, very degrading. I am not a nurse but, everyone thinks I am. Thank goodness for the training I got at Spaulding rehab in Cambridge, MA. I want a different company asap so I can get rid of this inexperienced company & its employees!!!

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    Reviewed July 14, 2015

    Too many issues with Apria to list but because of them I had to go for 3 sleep studies which started in December. I didn't get my cpap until May 1st. They kept getting my dr's information wrong. Yesterday I called for a download giving all necessary info. They called back left message that they need name and fax of Dr. I gave that when I asked for download. Now I got a bill which insurance says they shouldn't have sent me. Called billing. On hold 22 minutes. Someone picked up and hung up. Furious, called back. This time held on for 18 minutes then got a dial tone. After calming down somewhat I called Corporate office was on hold 9 minutes when my cordless phone started to die so I hung up.

    Called back 3 hours later. Pressed random button. Got a person who switched me to a supervisor who said, they can't help me. I have to call billing. She transferred me and said she wouldn't let me hold on for too long. And it's 17 minutes that I'm on hold at this point which is UNACCEPTABLE, but nothing I can do about it except file this complaint. Have to hang up because my phone is beeping again that it's not charged.. I HATE this company.

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    Reviewed July 12, 2015

    I ordered CPAP supplies and authorized a transaction on my card on June 26, 2015 at 11:38 a.m. in the amount of $29.49. The next day I discovered that Apria took an additional $167.14, at 10:30 p.m. from my account WITHOUT MY AUTHORIZATION. I was told this was because I had not met my annual deductible, even though Blue Cross confirmed that I had met my deductible five months before. Don't trust them with your card information, they have not even responded to my complaint, despite waiting on hold for hours and many phone calls. This is the worst-run business I have ever run into.

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    Reviewed July 10, 2015

    I have contacted Apria first. I have to wait 20 minutes on hold and after that I asked them why you are charging my account - they said they don't know and when I contacted my insurance provider then they told me that they already charged us and we paid and on top of it they are charging your account too. I asked Apria that before charging customer you should some letter or statement then they said "We don't. We just took money out if we need to." That's pathetic. Please be aware when you rent their equipment for sleep Apria they are doing business not helping patients. They just need money and you can get same machine in half of the price from different websites and they are charging double amount if someone gets it from them.

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    Reviewed July 10, 2015

    My experience has been similar nightmare to others on here. I could write a book but I will save that for another time. I am writing this to help others for options! My mom was discharged from the hospital and sent home for first time with oxygen and they set her up with company. My assumption was they would bill Medicare/Medicaid. WRONG! They have up to ONE year to bill insurance by the way. As others have stated, they direct bill customer then bill insurance later, up to one year.

    Long story short, they try to direct-bill customer! They harass customer and call and send out technicians to your door to get you to sign paperwork! I refused! Do not sign any forms they send or bring to your door unless your attorney has reviewed them. The ABN form gives them right to bill you direct. The AOB form wants credit card to charge. I have so much stress and anxiety dealing with a loved one and taking care of her. I shouldn't have to battle a company to do their job. Sad! Stop the insanity and buy your own home oxygen unit. I did and I ordered a new Invacare perfecto 2v from Cascade Health solutions. Very quiet and low-cost electric bill .Only six hundred dollars. Ordered on a Monday and got it Wed. Look them up online.

    I talked to a Mike at eight seven seven and four eight zero and three zero two eight and extension **! Good luck! Or call Inogene that is Medicare-approved and direct supplier. I ordered a portable unit from them and also a home unit. They take care of the paperwork and bill Medicare with little or no money out of pocket. Corporate in California and office in Dallas Texas. Very professional! Call California office to make sure you get direct company and they will give you number to a supplier that handles your area. Or call eight seven seven and nine one seven and four five eight six. Ask for Sam Smith, great guy.

    I hope this helps! No sense in posting fruitless horror stories on here. Resolve issue and get results by changing provider. I'm done and I did. I'm not done with my battle yet, and intend on calling my attorney when I have time to see what else we can do. God Bless all and good luck with your health. Take matters into your own hands and choose different provider. I read horror story Better Business Bureau complaints til my eyes crossed about this company. The others I mentioned are in good standing and are a member of the BBB.

    I will pay Apria the approved amount that Medicare pays them of ninety dollars a month and forty dollars a month for portable unit but with a check! They need to send me a bill and I will send them a check. I refuse to give them a credit card or debit card after reading horror stories of them charging whatever they want. So wrong! Stay smart, knowledge is power.

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    Reviewed July 10, 2015

    I received a call from Apria after my Dr. put in a script to replace my asthma machine. Been on hold for over an hour!!! This place sucks big time. Can't give you an order number if you don't ever come on the line to help someone. They need to be shut down or fined for being so horrible with customers.

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    Reviewed July 9, 2015

    I am a registered nurse with 28 years of experience. I have ordered supplies for hundreds of patients throughout my career. I order my own cpap supplies and paid my portion using my debit card prior to delivery. My items came in a timely fashion but one item should have been a single part arrived as a whole case of them! In addition I now receive a bill for 218 dollars. Immediately I began to call every number I could find and never getting anyone. I held on for 45 minutes each time.

    Since I never could get a human on the line, I sent screen shots of my phone showing my wait times and calls, along with a letter. Still no response. I went to their website and wrote a request along with my phone number in big bold type. A customer service person responded to that email by saying.... She needs my phone number! DUH???? I also have faxed all this. So, I am keeping all these documents along with detailed notes regarding my attempts. I recommend every person who gets this type of service report this company to all accreditation and regulatory agencies like I plan to do. Put them out of business.

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    Reviewed July 9, 2015

    I have used Apria for my son's health issues ever since bringing him home from the hospital when he was 4 months old. He is now 10 years old and we never had a problem with Apria's services until around August of 2014. My son just had surgery the first week of August, so when we got home with him I called the number I had always called to place his monthly order of trach supplies. It kept putting me through to an automated service where you can no longer talk to someone from your area that knows us and my son's situation. Gave them the list of supplies. When we get our order, half of the order was the wrong stuff or they didn't even send the stuff we ordered. Called and complained, can't tell you how many times but nothing has ever changed!!

    My son just got out of the hospital last week, the doctors faxed over the scripts for his new trach size and for trach caps. Had to call on Tuesday because we still hadn't received them or his monthly order that we called in almost two weeks ago. They told us neither one was being processed yet. The first lady I talked to at 10:30 that morning told me she would have her supervisor look at it and see why it was on hold. 4 1/2 hours later still hadn't heard from anyone so I called again and they told me the monthly order was on hold because they no longer supplied the pulse ox probes. Why they still couldn't have shipped the other supplies that we needed and called us about it, I still don't understand!!

    This lady finally got the scripts for the trachs and caps processed, even though the fax cover sheet clearly had "patient needs these supplies ASAP" and they were getting processed a week later. Don't know what happened to the old system they were using. Probably trying to save a buck. But when I have to spend half my time on the phone, mostly on hold with these people it gets a little irritating. I have enough things to worry about.

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    Reviewed July 9, 2015

    If you can find another supplier, DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY. This is the second time this same problem occurred. In the second instance, I ordered CPAP supplies [11 May 2015] and after not hearing anything from Apria for two months, I called them [9 July 2015] to find out what was going on. They told me both times that they needed a new prescription from my doctor [the prescriptions after one year]. As a pharmacist, I know that prescriptions expire after one year. My problem with Apria is that they made no effort to contact me in either instance to let me know why my supplies weren't coming.

    This is terrible customer service. Additionally, the second time they said a new prescription was required, the one year time limit had NOT expired. They stated they needed a new prescription because my insurance company changed. I have a problem with this excuse. Prescriptions for medications do not need to be rewritten when a patient's insurance company changes. I doubt that prescriptions for supplies need to be rewritten either. No matter what the circumstances, poor customer service is the problem. Needless to say, without an intervention on my part, I would not doubt still be waiting for my CPAP supplies.

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    Reviewed July 8, 2015

    A request has been sent to Apria for a sleep machine and I have not been contacted. I tried calling and have been placed on hold for hours or disconnected and have to start all over. It is my understanding that this is the only company my insurance company works with. I am going to file a complaint with my insurance provider, as the complaints appear to be so true.

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    Reviewed July 8, 2015

    After several attempts to get the correct equipment delivered for my CPAP machine I have finally given up. They first sent the incorrect size. Then they sent me an open boxed item which appeared to be used and missing parts! Why does the regulating government agency allow these insurance scammers to continue to do business and rip off the consumers and insurance companies? This only ultimately forces us to pay higher health care price. So I say prosecute them and put them in prisons in the Middle East!

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    Reviewed July 7, 2015

    This is without a doubt, one of the most incompetent, disorganized, and rudest companies I have ever dealt with. I have no idea how they stay in business! No one seems to be able to help. She is just in need of a replacement tube for her CPAP. This has been going on for six weeks since the doctor first sent in all the info with the script TWICE. They still don't seem to know who we are or what's going on. We have called several of their numbers and have been hung up on several times! This behavior is unacceptable. If my mother dies because she is still without a working machine, there will definitely be a lawsuit! I would not be surprised to hear that they have many against them already. Do not use this company!

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    Reviewed July 6, 2015

    After searching for a company that would be able to supply me with a 16" reclining wheelchair, recommended by my doctor due to my lower back and pelvic injuries, I was told by phone that they had what I needed in stock. The rehab facility I was in had difficulty dealing with Apria and was unable to procure even a platform walker also ordered, by my check out time. They were kind enough to loan me their equipment until Apria could supply. When the walker was available my wife went to get it so as not to wait any longer. When I tried using it, I almost fell numerous times till I reassembled the platform in the correct manner. A week later the wheelchair showed up at the facility but had no cushion due to not being written on doctor's order. I had my doctor order a Roho cushion as that's what I was using and found it worked well. Five days later and 3 long phone calls, I still have no cushion and no idea when I will.

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    Reviewed July 6, 2015

    Six wks ago I contacted Apria to order a new replacement mask for my CPAP machine. I was told to contact my MD as an order/prescription was required. This is perhaps a new requirement by Medicare as I never had to do this before in my 5 yrs of working with Apria. I did so and was told by the nurse that she will fax the prescription immediately which I have no doubt was done based on my years of experience with this physician's office. A wk later I contacted Apria. They had not rec'd it. I called the MD office AGAIN in. The nurse faxed it AGAIN. When I called Apria AGAIN they had not rec'd it. I asked them to contact the MD office directly. They refused and said I needed to facilitate the order. Good customer service!!! NOT in my estimation.

    Finally the Apria rep agreed to fax the prefilled request to the MD office. After my verifying the MD Fax # for him he said he faxed the request. When I called the MD office they knew nothing about this faxed request. Finally after 6 wks of multiple phone calls back and forth I asked to speak with a supervisor at Apria. The rep refused to transfer me. But after insisting she put me on hold only to tell me when she got back on the line that a supervisor was not available. Hmmm… Interesting. She again refused to call the MD office directly and said it was my responsibility. I called and the nurse agreed to fax the prescription AGAIN. Now I will wait AGAIN to see what the results will be. Apria's customer service is NONEXISTENT. Yes. I am upset.

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    Reviewed July 2, 2015

    My medical equipment supplier uses Apria for their billing. I have had nothing but trouble with Apria since I started with them in 2014. In Jan. 2015 I get a paper bill with a 30-60 day past due amount listed. I looked into my records and saw that I had paid each bill I had received. So I called Apria and spoke to a representative. She said that past due amount was from Nov. 2014. So I looked at my records and informed the rep that I did not receive a bill from Nov. 2014 and if it was past due why did it now show up on my Dec. bill? She informed me that at that time (Nov. 2014) they were changing systems and not everyone got a bill. So, how is this my problem? Once the system was up and running did they not activate the bills? Guess not. So I fussed but paid the outstanding balance. I then wrote a letter to the corporate offices. I told them about my not receiving a bill and my frustration with the billing system.

    Several weeks later I get an envelope in the mail with all these computerized printouts. No accompanying letter or explanation. So I called Apria again and asked what this gibberish was. The rep said it was in response to my letter and it was the computer printout of my payments, billing and insurance payments. I told the rep that my letter did not address this issue but that it dealt with not receiving a bill and then listing me as delinquent. She had no response. Another billing problem arose and when I called the Apria rep demanded that I provide them with my credit card info to pay the bill immediately. I told her that I would do this on this one occasion but that it was not to be used for any other payments. “No problem” the rep said. I then signed up for eStatements. I never got one email notice that my statement was ready. So at the end of June 2015 I went to my Apria account to see my billing info. There was nothing listed as being due.

    So to avoid any payment issues I made a payment of twice my usual amount. So today, July 2nd, I go to my bank account and see a pending withdrawal from Apria for $7.29. What??? I called and spoke to a rep and said that I already paid and it posted to my bank on June 30th. I then asked why a withdrawal was made on my bank card that I DID NOT authorize. She looked up the info and verified that an automatic debit had been sent in. I told her that I did not authorize recurring debits with my card and I wanted it removed from my account. I told her that my policy is, I do not provide automatic debits unless I know the amount being withdrawn prior to the transaction or it is for a recurring same amount each month. She "unchecked" the box that allowed this to occur and said that my card info was not necessary since I was not renting any equipment.

    What is wrong with these customer service reps??? Can they not follow simple instructions or do they just do what they want? The rep tells me to contact the bank and stop payment on the payment I sent in! Yeah at what, a $25 charge from the bank? Nope, I'll expect to see a credit on my account. I am going to look for a new equipment provider with a different billing company. I like my provider but I cannot deal with their nor tolerate their incompetent billing provider. Boiling mad!!! Oh yeah. The double payment I made and the bank says was issued and debited from my account?? Apria says it can take up to 2 weeks for it to show on my account!!!

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    Reviewed June 30, 2015

    Your phone answering system absolutely sucks!!! I just spent a half hour listening to that annoying music. This tells me that you do not care much about your customers...

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    Reviewed June 29, 2015

    I got a oxygen concentrator from this company. Long story short they were on my insurance then for some odd reason they switched and it wasn't covered. Never told I was being billed out of network cost. It was the biggest mess. Customer service would tell me all different kind of information. I would receive refund checks from Apria, then they sent me to collections for the same amount they were sending me refund checks. I have not cashed refund checks, however I can NOT clear this mess up - it's been 1 1/2 yrs.

    Collections wants me to send them more money or they will ruin my perfect credit. Apria says I am paid in full and not to send any more money. Apria and collection company are fighting over my account. I have paid over $2,000.00 for a concentrator I don't even use anymore. Getting refund checks from Apria (which haven't cashed), sent to collection, and wants more money. Customer service doesn't even know how to deal with the matter (sweep it). PLEASE DON'T USE THIS COMPANY!!

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    Reviewed June 29, 2015

    I have been on supplemental oxygen for over 12 years. I used to live in Flagstaff, AZ. The service was good. I could reach the local branch even on weekends with a phone call. Delivery persons were timely. Then the company was sold to Apria. Everything changed. I moved to Sun City, West AZ. It is impossible to reach the company on the phone. I use a cell phone with limited minutes. I do not have the minutes to wait on hold for long periods of time. I was told that my patient file would be transferred from Flagstaff to the local office. If it was then someone did not bother to read the file. For the last three months I have tried to correct my insurance info. I keep getting full cost bills for the CPAP machine. My insurance covers the cost of the CPAP machine. Today I am returning all equipment to the local office because I'm terminating my business with them. This is the worst company. Do Not use Apria!!!

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    Reviewed June 26, 2015

    I have used this company for a few years now for my mom's breathing needs. It is always a fight to get her oxygen delivered and they never do the billing paperwork right so there is always something not paid for. Sad for Colorado - not good oxygen companies.

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    Reviewed June 25, 2015

    I will keep this as short as I can. My husband had surgery on a cyst on his back. Our insurance set us up with Apria. Nothing but problems. Local branch manager tried to swindle us for a new pump when my husband tripped over the long cord and broke the unit. FYI we both work with medical equipment and know the price of a pump like this. It's not $20,000 like he claimed. Aside from the pump itself constantly clogging and driving us crazy it cost us $20 a day for it and the home health nurse, who was fine, and after 6 weeks that adds up. When I called to finally pay our bill I was told we were all paid up and everything was good, we owed nothing more. Then got a bill two weeks later for an additional $250. I don't mind paying the remaining amount HOWEVER don't tell me we are all paid up when we are not. When you try and call it is a 30 minute wait minimum every single time. I am so happy to be done with this company.

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    Reviewed June 25, 2015

    I have ordered from Apria since 1980s but since I am on Medicare for the last couple of years their customer service has been TERRIBLE!!! I have been trying to order CPAP supplies for 7 months BUT I have decided to switch to another company! It is impossible to get any help or get through to a supervisor! ORDER from another company and NOT Apria!

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    Reviewed June 25, 2015

    After a year of trying unsuccessfully to deal with Apria & filing a complaint with Medicare (predatory pricing & collections, complete absence of customer service, etc.) I finally was contacted by a real person.

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    Reviewed June 24, 2015

    I have read so many reviews in the last 20 minutes. The complaints mirror my own. Where are my supplies? Why after I paid what they said was my balance in full do I get bill? My insurance company tells me I have no balance. My case manager is assisting me and he is not happy. No one answers the phone except that machine. You're put on hold and you wait. I wait for over 45 minutes and the call disconnects!!! No respect, no supplies, no explanations and no satisfaction. I want to file a class action suit. There are obviously many of us. This may be the only way to get satisfaction. How do I get in touch with all of you?? I wish us all good health and resolutions to all these seizes problems. I am thinking of going to FB get the word out. We will find each other! Good luck.

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    Reviewed June 24, 2015

    I was recently a customer of Apria Heathcare. I had their machine for approx. five months. I returned their machine in January due to them removing money from my debit card twice for money due from my insurance company totaling over $200. It was a big struggle to get it back. They cut me a check for half of it and I had to file a dispute with my bank to get the other half back. Like I said I returned the machine in January and in March they sent me a invoice saying it had been sent to collections. This had nothing to do with the money that I just told you about. It was for other charges that they added on in March I didn't have it in March. I have proof on my bank statements that I have paid it. These charges that they tacked on in March reflect back when I did have their machine.

    I requested an itemized list from them for the charges. What they sent me even shows that I paid it and have zero balance. I have talked to the creditors even mailed them bank statements and all the other paperwork that I have, even walked them through it over the phone and they could even see where I had paid it. Because Apria says I owe it they have to pursue it. I guess I don't know what else to do.

    Last April my credit score was 759 so I obviously pay my bills. I'm so worried about them ruining my credit. There are so many charges they say I owe. They had my debit number on file the whole time. I have thought about just paying it again just to make it stop but I know it won't because they keep sending new charges all the time to the creditors. I have also made several phone calls to the district manager in the office where I got my machine from left messages for him to please call me. I would like to sit down in person and show him my paperwork and get this straightened out. He won't return my phone calls. Sorry this is so lengthy but it's complicated. Please help.

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    Reviewed June 22, 2015

    This is without a doubt the worst company I've ever dealt with. I've read most of the recent complaints and have most of the same experiences as these other people. For the last 4 years they've sent me the wrong equipment, messed up orders and have been incompetent in getting my claims through Medicare. After being on oxygen for over a year I started getting notices that Medicare had denied my claims. They couldn't tell me why or what we needed to do to get re-approved and finally removed the oxygen I needed. My doctor ordered a BiPAP machine for me last July.

    Finally in November after weekly hassles with the same nonsense about not knowing why Medicare wouldn't approve the BiPAP, I changed companies and got the BiPAP in THREE days. Last week I got a bill from them for $356.00 for the oxygen they pulled out in July LAST year. It took an hour and half to get through to someone and was told that the bill had already been sent to collections. EXCUSE ME?! I just got the bill. Stay away from this company if at all possible.

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    Reviewed June 22, 2015

    My doctor from Kaiser prescribed an oxygen concentrator for me to be delivered by Apria. I've gone through 13 phone calls and they have tried to deliver a bed, a wheelchair with delivery times from 6:00 pm Sunday to 1:30 in the morning and just total confusion. Today they have given me two different delivery times and I still have not got my unit. This company is just totally confused and has no idea of what they are doing.

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    Reviewed June 22, 2015

    Trying to get on to get a supply order is an all day affair. I am not being silly here folks, last order took me 3 hours on hold just to get a real person! I started trying to order today (my last delivery was in January!) and they put me on hold once again with long wait time. The service man came to check my Machine in April, but, he didn't carry supplies.. nor parts for the machine even! What service. In Jan. the service man wrote on the bottom of the ticket that I needed monthly delivery... not another one since Jan!

    I do HATE Apria and am going to be reporting them to my insurance company and the doctors and anyone else who will listen to me. Do not get stuck with this piece of rabbit dung company as you will definitely know how I am feeling today. My doctors have ordered me a portable carrier and they bring me something that weighs 15 lbs which I cannot lift. They don't have portables I am told, but do they get back with doctors? NOPE. Do they have other choices to fit my needs? Apparently not and don't care either. All they seem to want is that money from my bank account every month and do nothing for. So folks, think before you buy when it comes to Apria. Hope you will read this one review time and time again and know the feeling of frustration that I am going through at this time. I HATE APRIA!!!

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    Reviewed June 22, 2015

    It has been over 2 months since my doctor sent my CPAP order in to Apria and I still do not have my CPAP machine. Apria does not answer phone calls so you are on hold for over an hour and they still do not pick up the call. I might die of a heart attack while waiting for my CPAP machine from Apria. After reading all of these negative reviews on Apria, I will not deal with this terrible company.

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    Reviewed June 20, 2015

    My son who is 5 months old is on oxygen. I was told by my insurance company that I had to change his oxygen provider. They told me it was Apria now. Well I called them two months in advance to set up for a continuous portable concentrator to get my son to see his grandparents out of state. They put in my paperwork and setting me up an appointment.

    Then a week before we were to leave I called them to ensure it was being delivered or if I had to pick it up and also when they were coming to put their machines in so that I could return the equipment to the original provider. They lost my paperwork then told me that they do not have the capabilities to travel anyone under the age of 14 and that the policy had just changed three days before hand and they got rid of all the other concentrators. So I was screwed basically then they are now saying they don't work with my insurance who is telling me that they will not cover any other provider for my son. So I don't know what to do. Do not deal with this company because they will purposefully screw you over.

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    Reviewed June 20, 2015

    OK this nightmare started about 3 years ago, like all worst customer service in my life. I've been on disability for 15 years so I've seen many companies. So I suffered through the long waits on the phone, out of oxygen. The worst is when I told them I'm switching companies in Dec. I got a bill in 3 weeks. 2 weeks later its at the collections. My insurance pays 100 percent on durable goods so I know I don't owe them. They are charging a credit card I don't use fraudulently. They are still charging for equipment from Jan that I don't have. Let's expose this please.

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    Reviewed June 17, 2015

    Back in December I found that my old machine was not working consistently so I went to the local office to get a new one. They said it would take a couple of months to get the prior authorization for it. I said I needed one immediately and shouldn't have to wait and suffer the health consequences. This is June and the prior auth has not been sent in yet. Good thing I was pushy and walked out with a new machine or I would still be waiting. I have found the local people very competent. I have had similar experiences as everyone else -- on hold, messed up orders and bills. But spoke with someone named ** today who was very thorough and helpful. She said that my insurance will prior auth back up to 180 days. I have my fingers crossed.

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    Reviewed June 17, 2015

    Apria has been my supplier for a CPAP machine and supplies for four years. They fail to follow up every 6 months for re-supply, they don't provide all of the supplies we discuss on the phone, and they do not return calls promptly. One of the worst customer service experience I've had.

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    Reviewed June 16, 2015

    I have been a customer of Apria for at least 12+ years and recent had to apply for a new CPAP and this process has taken 5+ weeks. Today Apria call to tell me that everything was approved and I could pick up the new CPAP, but required that I give them a credit card so they could charge any amount and I refused. So Apria wouldn't supply my CPAP machine. I then ask them to send the RX and all accompanying documentation; Apria has claimed to fax this information and I stayed on the phone until they verified it was sent. 4 hrs later it hasn't been received.

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    Reviewed June 15, 2015

    What we need here is some notes from those who have been happy with a DME supplier other than Apria. Read as many of these complaints as you can stand and then go anywhere other than Apria! Never give Apria access to your credit cards. I started with Apria with my 1st CPAP machine. The local Apria office gave me a machine assembled of parts made by different manufacturers. They didn't call about supplies and when I called them, they had no idea of what was authorized. I discussed this with my Dr. and he commented that he had received many complaints about Apria. I responded to a TV ad from Liberty and they were great for a while. That's where I learned what supplies I needed and when.

    Liberty called promptly 1 week before the delivery date and took order in less than 3 minutes. Order arrived on time with a flyer showing what was authorized and when. Then the insurance company could not come to a contract agreement and Liberty was out of network. I went American Home Patient who was good on supplies but insurance and American could not come to contract agreement. I then found the local office of Alliance Home Medical. I got my supplies but I had to call them. The people were nice but the delivery and billing was always iffy.

    I moved across the country and one lady at the local Apria office here was so nice on the phone that I thought I'd give them another try. I wish I had looked here first. It has been 6 months now and I have experienced most of the problems mentioned in previous complaints. They played musical files with my Dr's documentation, using the excuse that it wasn't there to delay/deny resupply. I received a partial (1 pillow) shipment 6 weeks after initial contact. I called the corporate offices out of desperation and the remainder of order showed 4 weeks after that. I have 9 pages of notes to about 15 Apria representatives that I have spoken with over the last 6 months.

    Now 3 months after last shipment when I need to reorder supplies, the order department won't take order without medicare approval. They knew where the problem was but wouldn't/couldn't solve the problem. Customer service was rude and wouldn't even look at problem. Finally I found someone in billing who said they could see the problem and could fix it. The new Dr's. documentation had been placed in the wrong account. She said she could send an entry to Medicare and seek an immediate approval. That was 3 days ago. I called her again today. I really didn't get an answer as to whether the approval was authorized. She said she would get someone in the order department to call me back in an hour.

    It's been 4 hours now so that doesn't look like that will happen. I ordered some stuff to get me by from CPAP.com. CPAP.com is a great place to find information. Got the stuff in 2 days but they don't take insurance. If they would process my insurance, I wouldn't go anywhere else. Looking at Americarecpap.com but some of their reviews are not so good. If anyone has good experience anywhere, please give up the name. Think I'm going to go back to Alliance and see if they can handle the cross the country shipment. This shouldn't be this hard. The sad thing is, if you are reading this, you are probably already involved with Apria. Apria Healthcare is a private company owned by The Blackstone Group which is traded on the NYSE symbol BX for any of you stockholders. To: Dan Starck, Apria CEO, Employees reflect the attitude of their leadership. These ongoing complaints shown here reflect directly upon you.

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    Reviewed June 15, 2015

    Apria Health Care withdrew over $1600.00 all at one time for an oxygen concentrator from my bank account on Friday, June 12th, 2015, despite the fact that my health insurance company already paid them five days before. I never gave Apria permission to automatically withdraw any amount of money from my account, especially an amount of this size. I called them and was informed by their employee that they will not reimburse me.

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    Reviewed June 12, 2015

    Apria has been hitting our credit card for a year now. They have stated they needed more information from the doctors with they had received but said they hadn't. They stated that Medicare had denied our claim but they had paid initially. A rep from the company called us and said we would be receiving a refund, but that has never happened. It's a real mess and Apria says they are not responsible, that it's totally up to the patient to get reimbursement for them from the patient's insurers, in the mean time they will keep hitting our credit card. Seems to me that they are doing this because they can bill us more than they would be paid by medicare.

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    Reviewed June 11, 2015

    I have been calling Apria for two weeks straight every single day and I am on hold for more than 45 minutes at a time and when finally someone answers they are extremely rude, they don't let you get a word, they hang up on you or no one can help answer questions. They overcharge you more than they are supposed to. I don't even think that they are billing insurances like they are supposed to. My husband has been waiting almost a month for his CPAP and we are yet to receive it or hear anything. Apria keeps telling us that they are waiting for Dr's RX and for insurance to approve. Dr has sent RX twice and insurance has told us they have approved it twice. Don't know what their deal is but they need to get experienced people and nicer people to work for their company.

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    Reviewed June 11, 2015

    It started with my having to switch from Premier Healthcare for my oxygen to Apria Healthcare about a year and a half ago! First I have already been tested for my oxygen. I had to be retested. Then they told me I had to get retested on my CPAP machine before I could get the oxygen because it's been so long since I had been tested for my CPAP... I did that. Good night. Told me they had to have a credit card on file... I told them I didn't have to have one at Premier Healthcare which I had for 5 years for my oxygen. They said it was only to be used if I took off with their oxygen machine. So I gave them one.

    I have Medicare as primary, Blue Cross Blue Shield Federal as secondary which pays any out of pocket expenses. After I received my oxygen Apria immediately charge my credit card over $700 for the first month. It took me almost a year to get that straightened up charged on my card. I thought it was straightened up. Several months later I started getting bills for various amounts with no explanation as to what it was for. It was for the amount depends on you would pay after the primary. After many calls and being on hold from 20 minutes to a half an hour each time and sometimes getting hung up on I'm talking to supervisors, anyone else I could get that I thought would straighten us up. They stop billing me for several months then all of a sudden they start killing me again. I'll just was told that it is straightened out now.

    In the meantime I was due to have my oxygen machine checked. I made an appointment for 2 o'clock in the afternoon. They did not tell me that they had a four leeway. On the day they were due to come at 2 o'clock. I got a robocall saying they would be there between 6:00 pm and 9:00 pm. I call the local office. Was on hold between 20 and 30 minutes. When I finally got somebody I told them that I had an appointment at 2 o'clock. He said that was impossible. They don't make appointments for specific times. I said "well they did!" Then he, "what we have a four hour leeway and I can make you a new appointment." So I made a new appointment today between 11:00 am and 3:00 pm.

    At 8 o'clock this morning I got a robocall stating that I had appointment between 2:15 pm & 6:00. I'll have another appointment and had to be out of here by 3:30 pm. So I call the local office at about 8:30 a.m. The phone rang. I hit the options that I needed. Was put on hold for about 20 minutes before the corporate office answered. I told them the problem and they said, "This is not the local office. This is the corporate office." I told her that I had called the local office. She said where the office is not open yet. I think there should have been an option telling you that they're not open and if it was something you needed immediately then they give you the corporate office but that's not what happened. But she said she would cancel the appointment.

    This is the absolute worst company I have ever dealt with in my 70 years on this earth!! I will be waiting for down to start filling me again which is what will happen because their billing department is all screwed up. They say it is taken care of but it only last for a couple of months! The only reason they are not billing my card is because I told my card company that I did not want that company to have access to my card anymore!!! I can't tell you the many many many hours I have spent trying to get things straightened out with this company!

    I had Premier healthcare for my oxygen for five years prior and did not have a single problem. Could get a portable oxygen machine at one of their branches if I called a couple of days in advance at no charge!!! I only change companies because I was told I had to because of Obamacare Medicare changes. I only had two choices. Please can somebody do something about this company before I have a heart attack dealing with them!!!

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    Reviewed June 8, 2015

    Received a bill today for my mother from APRIA. Amount due does not match the EOB. Called and on hold 53 minutes. Was disconnected and called back. Voice message states estimated wait time is 52 minutes. APRIA can call me when they want the balance due. This is not acceptable.

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    Reviewed June 8, 2015

    Got temp. oxygen tanks for my mother when she was discharged from the hospital while visiting us 2500 miles from her home. Only had them for 3 days and they were picked up on the 4th when she went home. 13 months later I get a robocall that there is an outstanding bill and if I don't pay it (Bill? What bill? This is the first notice by mail or voice I've heard), I will be sent to collections tomorrow. I called APRIA and the only information they had was that the bill was sent through her medical insurance and came back last week that the bill was denied. They refused to do anything about this other than be "happy to take my payment immediately". Ugh.

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    Reviewed June 8, 2015

    I have been an Apria customer for almost 8 years. Ever since they have become a national service provider for Medicare the customer service has become unbelievable poor. Wait times are always, without fail over 10 minutes and can be as long as 45 minutes to ask any questions. When you do get a customer service rep, chances are they know little or nothing about the questions you are asking. If I could, I would kiss this company goodbye but since the Medicare connection I am told I must wait 5 years in order for equipment etc to be replaced by a new company.

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    Reviewed June 7, 2015

    I was going to move from one part of town to another about 5 miles. Apria couldn't do it. They had promised and promised but to no avail. The customer service actually cancelled my account! I was turning blue due to lack of oxygen. Finally they brought it but didn't pick up the liquid oxygen so I told them I'm moving out and liquid oxygen will be out on the street. This was criminal negligence. They are too incompetent. I meet Apria customers and we trade horror stories. Colorado should lift their license!

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    Reviewed June 6, 2015

    ** on 5-18-2015 came to pick up oxygen bottles (after the fourth call to have a pick up). He did not help my husband or even offer to help get the large bottle of oxygen to the back of the truck. When my husband finally looked at ** and asked for help his answer was, "Well I guess I can help"! What kind of answer was that? What has happened to customer service? Also, the billing department has filed the insurance to wrong companies. The mistakes go on and on with Apria. Very unhappy and would not recommend anyone to use Apria Healthcare.

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    Reviewed June 4, 2015

    With this company got CPAP, used like 6 months. I want to own the CPAP. They charged 1200$$ me and 1200$$ my insurance too. They are cheaters.. Just stay away from them. It's a cheaters company.

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    Reviewed June 3, 2015

    After waiting for 5 days, calling every day, they decided not to provide a wheelchair! Reason why? We were not willing and able to bring in the prescription 30 miles from here for they recently closed the Kendall branch, "for efficiency reasons". One day ago, Mr. ** finally agreed us to e-mail the prescription as finally they do seem to use e-mail. 24 hours later, without any news, we called again. In order to find out this "service agent" did nothing and will do nothing too. No service when you need it. We don't need a wheelchair for fun!

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    Reviewed June 3, 2015

    I have been with Apria for about 7 years. 2 Years ago they decided that I only need my portable tanks replaced every 2 months as they were closing down the office here in town and every thing would be coming from Marshfield. That was fine because I was not totally dependent on oxygen at that time. After my hospital stay in Nov. 2013 I ended up needing oxygen 24/7. Since it was winter and I don't go out much, every 2 months was still ok. By the next winter they decided that I only need to have my tanks change every 3 months. Well, 2015 has arrived and summer is here. I want to go out more and do more things but find I am running out of tanks.

    I called Apria today (total wait time 55 minutes the second, 45 minutes the first time trying to navigate my way around their pick a number phone system) and asked if I would be put back on the 8 week delivery system. I had told the delivery man and saw him write it down that I requested 8 week delivery change and the person on the phone said she had no record of that and she would change it so I would start delivery tomorrow 6/4/2015. I can't even get to the local number anymore as you only get the 800 number. This company just floors me that they can change things however they want and still be so snotty on the phone about it. Please, anyone out there that knows anyone higher up tell to look into this company.

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    Reviewed May 31, 2015

    I received a notice from a collection agency that I owe Apria $105.00 since November 2014. Tried to call the billing department of Apria and was told it was a 87 minute wait to speak with representative, so I hung up. Today it was only 20 minutes so I waited until they answered. When I asked why did I get a letter, she said they sent me monthly billing notices that I have ignored. When I explained that ignored them because I never received any of them, it did not faze her, nor could she explain why I had a bill to start with.

    I've spent the majority of the day looking through all my receipts and invoices and found out that last November one of their friendly service agents called me to see if I needed any supplies (so they can gouge Medicare on the cost.) I asked for a new mask and a cushion. It turned out that she sent 5 cushions for my mask and Medicare only allows 2 per month. So Medicare refused the claim and Apria refuses to take the unused, unopened cushions back. Don't you just love doing business like Apria.

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    Reviewed May 29, 2015

    Departments within Apria do not communicate or coordinate with other depts. (on-site locations, billing, website, ordering, etc). Big problem when trying to solve inter-departmental problems. Apria shields its brick and mortar locations so that it is impossible to contact the local branch and its personnel who initially helped set you up with equipment. Short of physically going there unannounced, there is no easy way to get even the simplest of questions answered. The various "800" numbers to their various, uncoordinated departments can have hold times in excess of an hour. Problems can sometimes be solved on a past issue but often seen to pop up again in the future.

    I know the health and medical world, unlike any other consumer area, contains unpredictable pricing. Much of that has to do with uncertainty with how much insurance will cover until AFTER purchase & submission. Apria complicates this 10-fold by never sending invoices, statements (unless they suddenly discover they are owed money - or think they owe money). This is a HUGE problem with one needs receipts that are requested by Health FSA and HSA accounts for their tax purposes. After a lengthy time on hold, you can ask someone to mail you invoices but it comes on a giant excel (sometimes several pages) with all sorts of confusing and redundant charges that never seem to match what they charge your FSA debit card.

    You have to start adding things up based on date ranges and hope to come up with the correct amounts. If they're ripping you off (even accidentally) with extra charges, it's next to impossible to find out. If there are insurance holds or issues, after you place an order on the phone, no one bothers to call and tell you there's a delay, issue or hold-up. You call back in three weeks saying "where's my stuff?" and they then tell you "we're waiting for an authorization" or an Rx renewal. Complicating this all is that when you order, you don't get an order number or any tracking information.

    There are other issues but I think these are the biggest problems. I cannot tell you how frustrating this his been and how many hours I've spent on the phone the past few months just to get life-saving equipment sent to me. I have great insurance (unfortunately with a monopolistic contract with Apria for this equipment) and great coverage - most is paid for. I just want to BUY from Apria and they make it next to impossible. When I do get my items it's a nightmare keeping track of charges.

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    Reviewed May 29, 2015

    This company has been saying I owe them money. I asked them for their ledger to which they sent me. They actually owed me money in fact charged me a copay then turned around and charged my insurance company the exact same amount. 2 weeks ago they sent me to collections even though we can prove with their ledger they owe us money. I have never had a ring on my credit report in 30 years! Horrible customer service, rude sales people, unwilling to have any intelligent dialogue. I have spoken to both doctors and they claim other patients are having issues. Hopefully with social media and other avenues we can get some kind of action taken.

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    Reviewed May 29, 2015

    Unfortunately we had to go through this firm for a C-Pap machine for my husband. When we received the sales agreement/contract red flags went off and I mean OFF!!! When I called the company my reservations only increased as I could not get a straight answer from anyone about total cost, whether or not we could cancel at any time, supplies and/or recourse if we disagreed with one of their charges. After 2 plus hours on the phone being transferred hither and yon, I was still no closer to a comfortable response, yet they want us to give them carte blanche access to our bank account to charge us once monthly??? The supervisor I spoke with assured me we would be ok, BUT she still would not or could not give me answers to my queries on monthly costs. AGAIN??? BE CAREFUL.

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    Reviewed May 28, 2015

    I have calls (mechanical voice ones) for 4+ months telling me the Apria service rep would be by to see me from noon till 8:30 at night the next Tuesday. I have not left and he must creep up on my door and say "hello" and then leave. I have not had oxygenator service in over 4 months with the same thing each time, you would think he might try knocking or calling since my car is here. After all it is almost June, and if he hadn't seen me since Jan or Dec, but they file those $300.00 charges each month and get paid by Uncle Sam or Obama.

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    Reviewed May 28, 2015

    Apria used to be a great company before this new call center opened up. With this new call center they have no idea what is going on. The left hand has no idea what the right hand is doing. They put you on hold and most of the time never return to the call. When you set up a service day for your needs they don't show up or say they did but no one was home. Totally frustrated and tired of being lied to. It is now time to find a company who cares about the patient not the mighty dollar!

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    Reviewed May 26, 2015

    Today 5/26/2015. My husband was out of oxygen. Our delivery date was a week out. I understand that he should have it last but in a perfect world. When I called to try and have some delivered I was bluntly told we would have to wait until our next delivery date, a week away. Or come in and have tanks filled. I'm sorry... we live far from a refill office. I'm totally disgusted. At least our propane company keeps us in heat.

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    Reviewed May 23, 2015

    It took over two months to get a CPAP. Staff would not answer the phone, would disconnect, or did not have the correct information. I submitted the required documents, and staff kept saying they did not have one report. This process was repeated at least 3-4 times. After complaining to a home office manager, I received a call from a local staff member. The CPAP was not forthcoming, and when our issues were finally resolved, Apria said they did not deliver. I had to go get in a town 45 minutes away. The Apria office was in a business park, and I could not find the street in the park. A fireman directed me to the place just as I was about to go home.

    I got the equipment in February 2015, and in May 2015, received a notice saying I was non-compliant with providing information to Apria about my usage. I had submitted the usage chip in March 2015, and have the report Apria sent when they read the chip. These people need training, they need to understand their jobs, and they need to understand customers pay their salaries. We, as customers, need to find another company. Apria's staff is either perfectly incompetent, or they do not give a damn.

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    Reviewed May 21, 2015

    One you get thru the long telephone prompts, chances are the person you are talking to will not have the answer you need. And if you need o2 for a trip, better plan on giving them a months’ notice or pay a large security deposit. Plus their daily rental rate for a portable concentrator is $35 vs. Competitors rate of $20. This is just one example.

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    Reviewed May 20, 2015

    I have been a C-Pap user for the past 5 or 6 years. My insurance company (Premera Blue Cross Medicare Advantage Plus) uses this company for their C-Pap needs. When you try to reach their local office you call a local number that is routed to a remote call site. After waiting about 40 minutes to reach a customer service representative, and punching numerous buttons to answer frivolous questions the rep comes on the line, asking questions and all I really wanted was the way to reach the local office.

    It hasn't been billing time yet and from reading the reviews it is obvious that I will be even less pleased with their service. I will put a stop on the credit card so that they cannot bill me like others have been reporting. This really bothers me. My concern is that as a previous C-Pap user (totally compliant for years) why is it necessary to go through all of this again at this time? This company couldn't answer this, and made mention "that is just the way it is".

    I asked the question of the insurance company "Can I just package it up and take it back?" and use another provider. Their comment was that it had to be handled through APRIA. My portion on the durable medical goods from my insurance company is supposed to be 20% (my responsibility) and APRIA charged me 22%. While 2% is no big deal it just shows how unethical they are. I can't wait to see what else they try to "slip through". My suggestion to anyone that is having trouble with APRIA, or considering using them please save yourself much disappointment and go some place else for your needs if you can.

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    Reviewed May 19, 2015

    I like many have equipment from Apria. I have moved several times since, I've tried to advise them of my move, tried to get supplies, and servicing for the equipment when required, back up oxygen bottle refilled etc etc etc... Nada, nil service, just robocalls. That don't work even if you respond to them, customer service clerks that drop your call, people that really don't care one iota for your well being, nor issues. Run like hell at the mention of these jokers, go find another supplier, don't believe a word anyone tells you, sure as hell don't give them a credit card number. This company is one of the most morally bereft and uncaring corporations going.

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    Contract & TermsPunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed May 18, 2015

    Apria has continued to bill my mother for equipment at a fee higher than the contracted amount between Apria and Secure Horizons. I contact Apria and Secure Horizons contacted Apria on various occasions. After several months, Apria finally sent us a corrected bill. For two months we received the correct bills and paid them. This month, we received a whopping bill in which it appears that they are going back to the first month and re-adding the additional monies that we are NOT responsible for based on the Apria/Secure Horizons contract. Wait time to speak to anyone at Apria is over 30 min. and easily 50 min. I'm waiting as I write.

    I will need to contact Secure Horizons again to assist. Also, their bills do not specify what you are paying for; they are extremely confusing! I asked for an itemized statement and got the same confusing mess. Apria just answered the phone and are going to have someone call me back. As a person who works, this is taking up most of my day, costing me valuable time.

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    Reviewed May 18, 2015

    I have been with Apria for 2 years and never have had one bit of problems with front counter or anyone working for Apria. Very pleased with their prompt and courteous attitude. Good Job Apria.

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    Reviewed May 16, 2015

    I have been calling this company for over 5 months to get supplies. They lost my file and the doctor had to send them the information several times. After stating that I would get my supplies in 10 days they wrote a letter that they were closing the file because they did not get what they needed. You can thank the changes in the health bill for part of this run around.

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    Reviewed May 15, 2015

    I used to enjoy going to Apria because I got great service from the respiratory department. I would particularly ask for a respiratory therapist named ** every time I went in. She was extremely knowledgeable and knew exactly how to help me every time I went, even listening to my personal drama for a little while if I needed her to. I made an appointment with her this month, only to find out that she had quit because of how bad they were treating their employees. Or at least I assume so. She was the only one who made it worth going there, and I will not be returning. If I knew what company she went to, I would go to that company.

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    Reviewed May 11, 2015

    I was an employee of Apria for 8 years. I am embarrassed to say that I knew of all the complaints within and outside of Apria. As the daughter of an oxygen customer, I am upset that I cannot get anyone to call me back regarding a billing issue. My mother's insurance company sent an explanation of benefits indicating my mother has no co-pay. Apria is insisting that the charges are valid since my mother had an exchange of equipment 3 years ago. When the exchange occurred we were not notified that the billing cycle would start over. We rely on the explanation of benefits from our insurance company. Even though our insurance company says not to pay, Apria insist they have valid charges.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed May 8, 2015

    I am fortunate to never having needed to depend on a company for Healthcare services/equipment. I had the worst experience with this company. My husband was discharged from the hospital a week ago and needed a walker before we left the hospital. Today we still don't have a walker and it is because Apria doesn't feel a walker is worthy of delivering. I was told it is too small of an item.

    I work in the bay area and he cannot drive due to knee surgery and a manager told me I had to find a friend of relative to come get it. This was unreal. They charge insurance companies significant money for equipment and cannot even get it to patients because it is too small. I work in Customer Service for a large company and we wouldn't be in business if we treated our customer's this way. I feel sorry for the perm disabled people who have to rely on Apria for services.

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    Reviewed May 7, 2015

    I simply don't have the time to tell all of the problems I've had with these people. They tell me one thing, and my nurse something completely different. Constantly. It's like pulling teeth getting these people to get me the proper equipment. It's been about six months and they are still screwing it up. I hate them.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed May 6, 2015

    My son's MD ordered a nebulizer "URGENT" and it has been 2 days and I have been contacting Apria constantly and they keep jumping back to saying they need a MD order after I was told by them they have all the necessary paperwork to proceed and process the order. It is very frustrating as my child is in need of this machine and both his MD and my insurance and I have provided all the necessary paperwork and info to Apria. For being in the healthcare field they do not seem they care and some of their customer service reps are rude and not professional. I myself am in the healthcare field.

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    Customer ServiceCoveragePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed May 3, 2015

    I have Medicare and Medi-Cal. All of my Oxygen needs are covered. I have been a customer since 2012. In December 2014, Apria began to harass me concerning the bill- in January 2015, they removed all my oxygen. I went into A-Fib. I finally got back my oxygen unfortunately, they seem to hold the monopoly from Medicare so I am stuck with them. Now I am being harassed that I haven't allowed them access to check the concentrator, they just delivered oxygen a week ago! I received a letter stating they had tried to contact me numerous times! OMG! They are the ones who can never be reached! They are so unethical, I am appalled that Medicare does business with them.

    They delivered a dozen tanks and dumped them on my dining room floor only after quizzing the order person did I find out they have a stand that will hold the bottles! I needed an extra large tank for power outages and it took forever to get it delivered and even then they brought the WRONG tank. They are incompetent and they mismanage every area of the company. The delivery guy came at 9:30 p.m. after I had been told he would arrive between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. The driver said they do not have enough drivers, so they are overworked and behind schedule.

    If you call it takes forever to get a person - minimum 45-minute wait and even then they probably can't help - poor training, poor company. The CEO is Dan Starck. If I were him I'd be ashamed of the company and the job I was NOT doing! MAYBE WE ALL NEED TO BAND TOGETHER AND START A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. Normally I don't believe in suing, but this company needs a wake-up call!

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed April 30, 2015

    My debit card was billed $134.91 2 months after I received my CPAP supplies and had paid the $39.00 co-pay. Billing department says the claim was denied by the Anthem because Apria submitted the claim to the wrong regional office. Billing said, since the debit had not 'posted' yet, it would be 2 or 3 business days before they could issue a refund. After 5 business days, I called billing back and was advised that they had not submitted the refund, but would do so now, and I should get a credit in "about 2 weeks". They were not authorized to charge that card (that's theft), they have also billed the insurance company (that's fraud after taking payment from me) and the notice from Anthem to Apria clearly indicated that the amount was NOT the patient's responsibility (that's a violation of their contract). I am filing a formal complaint with the Commonwealth's Attorney General.

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    Customer ServiceCoverageStaff

    Reviewed April 28, 2015

    I lived in Carlsbad, Ca and was issued equipment by Scripps - Green hospital. I was paying $17 per month for a rental of a common device on my credit card. In early Dec.2014 I moved to Arizona and had to change my insurance provider from BCBT to Cigna. Apria billed me for the entire amount of the rental on 4-22-15 claiming I didn't inform them of the insurance change and it was "their policy" to simply bill the entire amount AGAIN, regardless of my prior payments. This is clearly fraud, bad business and the absolute worst customer "service" I have ever seen.

    The rep on the phone (after I waited 28 minutes) basically said this was their policy and they would not reconcile the charges. The rep refused my request to escalate the issue. Where can I issue a complaint to stop this fraud? Can't the regulatory/government folks in CA put a stop to this? Why don't legit providers like Scripps dump these morons? Has anyone sued this band of liars?

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    Reviewed April 25, 2015

    Claim that I was never a customer and they do not have an account for me. Called numerous times and say since I don't have a account with them... can't and won't pick up tanks. The initial order for tanks was set up the Stroger Hospital in Chicago.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed April 22, 2015

    Apria never explained the exact nature of why they require credit card information when I registered for a prescribed device. After that revive was deemed medically unnecessary the company never contacted me to say they were going to bill me.

    Updated 6/3/2015 - When I first filled out the paperwork with this company for a CPAP machine I was suspicious when I was asked to provide my credit card. I was informed by the impassive young man who was collecting the information that it was "just a formality to ensure identification verification". Not only was it impossible to contact this company when there were big issues with the CPAP settings, but when my insurance company requested specific usage information from Apria they never responded to Blue Cross Blue Shield. Instead, they helped themselves to my money via my credit card.

    When I finally contacted the company on the phone (after a painfully long hold) I was told that the company "holds my money until the insurance company pays, then my credit card money is refunded. After returning the machine to Apria out of disgust with the company and service I continued to receive bills. I also filed a complaint with the BBB against Apria for taking money from my credit card without my authorization-I call that theft! Apria, which is not accredited with The BBB, simply disregarded the inquiries made on my behalf to settle this complaint until the BBB gave up and told me there was nothing they could do. If possible, avoid this company and their shady business practices. I would love to see a class action against this company on behalf the more than 600 unresolved complaints against Apria.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed April 20, 2015

    I have not had any equipment since June 9, 2014. They keep sending bills for equipment that I don't have, and now are going to send me to a collection co. Can't reach them by phone. This co. has no idea of what they are doing.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed April 20, 2015

    Not one good review?? As a three year Apria customer I'm not surprised one bit. These people have brought my family to tear over the last three years. BS billing, no responsibility, no communication within the company. In my wildest dreams when we started caring for my mom with ALS, it never occurred to me that Apria had the potential to do so much damage to my family and my mom's health. Not enough space here to go into each travesty we have encountered with the criminal organization. If you read this and are not with Apria already, do not use Apria. Use a start up health care company based out of Iraq if possible.... anything but Apria. They have treated us so poorly. Never return a call. Never provide equipment even with a script from the dr, without a full battle. You have to fight for the most basic of supplies. I have never felt such hatred and disappointment from any organization I have ever encountered.

    The only thing that can make your mom being diagnosed with ALS worse??? Answer: dealing with Apria for three years. Biggest mistake we made was not jumping ship at the first sign of incompetence. Not one good review... And 125 highly negative?? It's unreal this company is still in business. I urge anyone who wants to focus on their loved ones' care, and not argue with a 17 yr old girl in Arizona, while you are in Boston, over why your mom needs saline bullets or a pulse Oximeter. I hate Apria every fiber of my being - a nice normal hard working family in Boston trying to care for mom dying w/ ALS. Thanks Apria!!! Good luck when it's time for your mom!!! And you try and use your own company.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed April 18, 2015

    Submitted prescription from doctor for CPAP Supplies three times. They told me it was approved and I would receive within 7 to 14 days, after about 90 days of trying to get the supplies. Never received them. When I called back two times they said for the fourth time they needed a prescription from the doctor, even though it was faxed in three times. They said they would fax my doctor requesting a prescription twice. Both times they never sent a fax to my doctor for a prescription. When I called Apria they lied right to me over the phone that they had send it. They had the right fax number and the doctor's office checked and said they never received a fax requesting prescription from them. They should be fined and kicked out of the Medicare program as a provider for everything they sell, not just CPAP Supplies. Totally incompetent and apparently don't care.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed April 17, 2015

    My son's life depends on medical assistance. The amount of time taken away from my son due to frustrating calls to Apria is shameful. The wait for what is a necessity is unacceptable. THIS IS MY CHILD! My son is precious yet NOT IMPORTANT TO APRIA. Apria must get out of the healthcare business where lives are concerned.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed April 17, 2015

    Apria lost me when they instituted robocalls to supposedly facilitate ordering my CPAP supplies. But the questions were completely inconsistent... One would ask 'Are you using your CPAP machine every night as directed?' And I would answer yes. But then it would ask if I was out of any supplies, and to be truthful, I would have to answer 'no', because if I were actually 'OUT' of anything, I wouldn't be able to use the machine, now would I? So yes, I still have masks & cushions & hoses & filters, but they are well-used and need to be replaced. But if I answered 'no', then the call would be terminated.

    So in December of 2014, I signed an authorization to have Apria send my file to my local pharmacy which also handles CPAP supplies, and they FAXed my request to Apria. Over the next two or three months I would inquire, and the pharmacy would FAX Apria another request, and Apria never responded - not once. So I called Apria myself, and got my first lesson in navigating their gargantuan phone menu. Despite their number being local, my call was routed to a central calling center somewhere else, where nobody has a clue who I am or anything about me. The first few minutes were spent trying to decide which options are the ones I needed, and the rest of the time was spent waiting for someone to pick up the phone.

    When a receptionist finally answered the phone, I spent much time with her, going through my file where she found the original request for transfer that I had signed, along with all the subsequent FAX's sent by my pharmacy. After what I thought was going to be a positive outcome, she said 'now I'll email this to my supervisor'. So I asked how long a delay would this be since we'd already been waiting three months for action, and she said 'Oh! My supervisor is the one who will be sending it to your new provider.'

    So after a few more days, I checked with my pharmacy and they'd still not heard from Apria, so I called Apria again and asked to speak with a supervisor, and this time I'm taking names. The supervisor assures me this will be taken care of ASAP, and like an idiot, I believed her. But of course it is not taken care of. So again I wage war with their phone menu, and when I get through to a person, I ask for the supervisor by name. Whether it was the same supervisor, I do not know, but it was the same name. The date of this interaction was April 7, and this person actually faxed my file out while I sat here holding the phone. Then I asked if the robocalls would stop, since I am now no longer their customer. Hmmmm...she says she has marked my account 'No Robocalls', but it might take a few days to get through the system, so ignore them if they continue.

    This being a Tuesday morning, I said I would give them until the end of the week meaning Saturday April 11, but what should I do if they keep coming in after that? She advises calling back, and I advise HER that I'm not just about to mix it up with their cussed phone options anymore. So she gives me a number which supposedly dials directly to her desk. Now it's Thursday, April 16, and another robocall comes in so early in the morning that we're still asleep. So I call the direct number she gave me, and guess what? Her voice mailbox is full, and would I please call back at another time. Is there any regulatory agency where we can report this business? They are a nationwide company and people need to know how they deliberately ignore their customers and the requests made by their customers.

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    Reviewed April 16, 2015

    I am unable to contact them. Placed on hold for very long waits with bad music connection... They are billing me for something but I do not know what it is. If you have a choice to go anywhere else, go there.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed April 15, 2015

    I have spent over 6 months trying to get these disgraceful folks to return my money and stop charging my credit card for a Sleep Apnea machine! They charged my CC $6 a month for several months, then $292 in Dec, now $22 a month. My insurance company said it's MINE to keep as I met the requirements. I've made about 35 (yes 35) phone calls to these dirtbags... Can't even tell you how often I spent over an hour just to speak to someone. I've been promised, numerous times, that I will no longer be billed. They LIED about submitting bills to the insurance. They've just milked my CC over and over. Look at all of the reviews here. My comments are not unique. How they stay in business is amazing.

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    Reviewed April 10, 2015

    I have a story that's been going on for some time now, and too long to explain. Suffice to say... when you get a message and you call back, you get a different person each time who asks you the same questions and doesn't have a clue what has transpired in earlier conversations. Meantime I have been waiting to get the hose for my CPAP machine, as mine broke. On 4/1/15 I was told they would send me this and other supplies, it is now 4/10/15 and I received a call yesterday. I called back and guess what... THEY DIDN'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. They passed me around for about 45 minutes to no avail. So, I guess I'll hope not to stop breathing or have to have more stents. THIS COMPANY IS NOT GOOD FOR YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE. Oh, p.s. got another voice message this AM... different person, SAME QUESTIONS!!!

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    Price

    Reviewed April 10, 2015

    Unconscionable price as an amount charged, which either represents a gross disparity or grossly exceeds the average price. The company is unethical with price gouging. Need Credit card in order to be a customer. Hold times are greater than 30 min on average.

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    Reviewed April 9, 2015

    I am wanting to cancel the automatic payments, as they have charged me several times but I don't know what it is for! I have been ON HOLD on the phone for over an hour two different times and just keep getting a message that they will be with me shortly!! I don't believe they have any intentions of answering their phone calls!!!

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    Reviewed April 6, 2015

    I had to change my debit card because Apria was charging the crap out of my account. They started charging me more than they told me they would. Now I've tried to get a mailing address to send my last two payments for my cpap and I can’t get any one to take my phone call. So if they are having a hey day with your checking account like mine the only way to stop it is to file for a lost card and have your card number changed. That's what I did. Now I will just mail them a money order for my last two payments for my machine and go to another company to have it serviced. As far as supplies I get a better deal ordering off the internet.

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    Staff

    Reviewed April 2, 2015

    1st visit Respiratory Therapist - GREAT! Since then I have been overbilled and received partial refunds, get bills with no explanation of charges. I get marginal help from a marginal receptionist at the Bradford PA store. The billing department is nearly impossible to deal with having to wait 1 hour before talking to someone. I know for a fact that I am not the only person who experiences these same problems with Apria. The Sleep Clinic gave me several choices to purchase the CPAP. I have contacted them (clinic) that I am very dissatisfied with my choice of Apria.

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    Reviewed April 2, 2015

    Numerous, but the worst started mid fall; Apria changed the policy on hardship, for low income/high cost medical. We (wife and I) have oxygen concentrators and liquid tanks, as well as CPAP, and nebulizers, and portable tanks we use; and she uses the Apria pharmacy. They disqualified her for hardship as she did not "rent enough equipment" so no help, or payment plans - I received a call that I qualified for a ventilator, in place of my CPAP as I have Parkinson's disease. I said fine, as long as it won’t cost me any more (we are both SS disabled and cannot work). I was reassured NO COST to me 4 times, then they installed ventilator - my cpap was old, they said “not to worry--you are hardship--no cost to you.” Fine I thought, 2 weeks later a hardship review, now being billed 173.00+ which I cannot pay.

    I had my dr. recall ventilator and request cpap back - no dice - unless I pay out of pocket…I can’t do that. I have written to CEO, no response, they want to pick up ventilator every week, I ask what am I to breath with? Not their problem. They demand I pay before they bring cpap- I can’t. All these people care about is bottom line on balance sheet. There HAS to be better companies out there.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed March 31, 2015

    This company has no customer service! I have tried six times without success to contact them in reference to equipment. I keep getting a promise of a call back being there is a "work order." Seven days later not one call back, yet they have my CC numbers if they need to charge me! Steer clear and find another company.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed March 31, 2015

    They continue to charge my credit card without any bill or documentation for the expense. When I called to try to get an update on the amount that I owe (which should be a recorded message) I was informed that the expected wait time was 65 minutes!

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    Reviewed March 27, 2015

    This company sucks, they have me on the phone waiting for 1 hr wasting my time. They never answered, I'll change providers as soon as I can.

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    Reviewed March 26, 2015

    I am writing to you to let you know that your employees lied to me and now you are billing me for their lies. I already had an equipment supplier when I was told to try Apria. I was happy with the company I was with but their service wasn't that good. I called to ask questions about your company. I was told that with my insurance it wouldn't cost me nothing out of my pocket. So I agreed. Now I get a bill.

    I called Apria and inquired about this and was told that when Apria contacted Humana about my coverage they claimed that Humana told Apria that it was covered 100%. I called Humana to ask if this was true and they told me they was never contacted by Apria in August 2014. If you have any proof of this I would like to hear about it. If your customer service is as good as you say it is, I hope to receive a rapid response. Right now, very unhappy customer.

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    Reviewed March 25, 2015

    My mother was prescribed oxygen as a condition of her release on the 7th of March. Apria was the recommended provided by Abington Healthcare System, Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, PA.They were "Johnny on the spot" when it came time to deliver and sign my up under Medicare. She has been taken off oxygen by her cardiologist since March 20th. We have called the local Apria Office and have not been able to get through. The message on the Apria number says the office is closed. I am sure Apria is billing Medicare for unnecessary use of the Oxygen. They should be penalized by Medicare as should Abington Hospital for maintaining a relationship with such a slippery supplier.

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    Reviewed March 24, 2015

    This company has billed my credit card company twice for charges for Bi-PAP machine and supplies which were paid by my health care providers. I had requested from Apria to remove my credit card info and bill me for what I was responsible to pay. Apria contract states they will contact the patient for any charges not covered by insurance. That is what I expected though they charged my credit card with no notification to the patient. My healthcare providers have set pricing for services, fees or Durable Medical Equipment that are provided to the patient. They do not allow the Apria to bill the patient for any amount over their allowable contracted charge. I had to have my credit card company reverse the charges and I had to block Apria from making any future charges. I am in process of finding another provider for my Bi-PAP supplies due to Apria's poor customer service.

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    Reviewed March 23, 2015

    I tried to get an oxygen tank for pt and was on the phone for 2 hours before someone answered. They picked up the phone and hung up. You can leave a message or anything. I had to admit the pt because it was not safe for her to go home without the oxygen. I was not able to call a new vendor because she has been using them for some time now. Will never give them a referral ever.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed March 21, 2015

    This is about the least responsive and most uncooperative company I have ever had the misfortune to make contact with. My wife was prescribed a Sleep Apnea machine. It took weeks to get it. The mask was not fitting correctly so we visited them again. No luck. We requested nose pillows. Almost six months later... nothing. They have never once returned a promised phone call, we never had a chance to speak to the same person twice and got nothing even after the doctor wrote them a letter that she must have a mask.

    Here is the rub.... because she was unable to use the mask Medicare rejected her and now Apria is charging us full fare for the machine and still no new mask. Also, they never notified us of the billing as I found it on our statements. The cold, uncaring and unprofessional attitude of this group (at the face of our doctor calling several times) puts APRIA is a low class all by itself.

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