Benefit Plan

We are excited to provide you with a unique health and wellness benefit program aimed at diagnosing and treating Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA).

What is OSA?
OSA is a condition in which the flow of air pauses or decreases during breathing while you are asleep because the airway has become narrowed, blocked or floppy. Left untreated, OSA can contribute to a whole host of health problems not the least of which is being fatigued. We do not want you—particularly drivers—to be fatigued.

We are pleased to offer this unique and cost-effective benefit to you to combat OSA. This benefit plan is outside of our health insurance plan, however participation will have a positive impact for you within our health plan.

Treatment of OSA Using the Roehl Obstructive Sleep Apnea Benefit Plan
If you’re diagnosed as having OSA, you’ll need to have a treatment plan in order to be a professional heavy duty truck driver with us. There are two common treatments of OSA; one is to wear a Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) mask/machine. A more advanced method of treatment is the use of an automatic positive airway pressure machine also called Auto PAP (APAP). An APAP machine automatically varies airway pressure to prevent and/or correct sleep disordered breathing events.

We assess each new driving employee and drivers completing a recertification physical to determine if they should be tested for OSA. If a test is needed, we provide you with the test to determine if you suffer from OSA. As a benefit to you, we pay for the cost of this test. The test is easy to do—you simply sleep as you normally would—only for the test you’ll be wearing a small, unobtrusive oximeter/pulsemeter on your hand, which provides data our medical team of sleep specialists uses to diagnose if you have OSA.

Our team of physician sleep specialists works with the medical staff that completed your medical evaluation review form or with our Medical Director to develop a treatment plan for you.

To facilitate your treatment plan we have selected a specialty company that is an expert provider of APAP machines and fitting services. A fitting specialist will provide you with a mask and expertly fit that mask to you. The specialist will instruct you on the use of the mask and how to report compliance with the treatment plan. Compliance monitoring is a key component of an effective treatment plan, and the machines we’ve sourced provide compliance data.

We have negotiated preferred pricing for you from the APAP machine provider. We receive no compensation or commission from the provider.

You can do your own research and select your own provider, but that will undoubtedly slow down the treatment plan process. We will share in paying the cost of the machine with you as long as you remain employed with us. We will also allow you to pay for the machine through pay deduction as long as you remain employed with us. We do not pay equipment costs for providers other than those we have negotiated with and made part of this program.

The cost of the machine and related pieces and parts is $1,380.



OSA Benefit Plan Costs

• We’ll pay $600 toward the cost of the machine (as long as you remain employed). 
• You are responsible for the remaining balance of $780 as long as you remain employed. If you leave our employment, you assume full responsibility for the entire cost of the machine excluding the amount that you have already paid (i.e. $1,380 minus what you’ve already paid). 
• You don’t have to pay your portion of cost in a lump sum. You can pay the portion of the cost for the machine that is your responsibility through pay deduction. You’ll be offered this option at the time your treatment plan is developed. 
• If you are enrolled (or become enrolled) in our health plan, we will apply $780 toward your health insurance deductible. 
• Wireless monitoring—$68 per year enrollment fee. This allows our team of respiratory therapists to monitor your compliance, answer questions regarding treatment and provide additional assistance as necessary.
   

OSA Benefit Plan Administration
This program is administered by our Safety Department, our Orientation & Driver Development Department and our Driver Pay Services Department. New employees enter the program during Orientation or during Phase 1 of our Safety and Job Skills Training Program. Current employees will enter the program as you complete your medical recertification process or otherwise become informed of the need to treat your OSA.