FMCSA medical board to make sleep apnea rule recommendations this month
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration later this month will take the next step toward a rulemaking governing the screening and treatment of truck drivers suspected of having moderate to...
View ArticlePOLL: What’s been your experience with apnea screening, testing and treatment?
This poll probes incidence of false-positives and/or -negatives among those who've been screened for sleep apnea testing during DOT physicals. Which of these scenarios best describes your experience?
View ArticleApnea’s wakeup call: Survey results show growing testing incidence, potential...
A new Overdrive analysis suggests at least one in four owner-operators would be screened for sleep apnea testing under proposed guidelines.
View ArticleDebatable accuracy of hard-fast sleep-apnea screening protocol
Overdrive research suggests that false-positive and -negative screening for apnea has been the case for more than a third of readers who’ve experienced the screening.
View ArticleSleep apnea: Problems with one-year medical certification
The Medical Review Board’s preliminary apnea recommendations would enshrine a practice that’s increasingly common with truckers being treated successfully for sleep apnea: a one-year medical...
View ArticleThursday roundup: Chiropractors and sleep apnea tests, Rhode Island throws...
Road report from owner-operator Joe Bielucki on a recently-reopened Rhode Island truck rest area on I-95, and a view on the Medical Review Board's recent apnea screening/testing recommendation: Should...
View ArticleOOIDA accuses FMCSA of sidestepping rule process with sleep apnea provision,...
OOIDA filed its legal challenge Nov. 11, seeking to vacate the rule either in part or in whole. OOIDA says the final rule, which required procedural changes for medical examiners, included an appendix...
View Article6,600 drivers will need new medical card after Georgia-based examiner’s...
Truck drivers who received their current medical certification from Dr. Anthony Lefteris, who operated out of a Petro in Atlanta, will need to be re-examined and issued a fresh medical certification by...
View ArticleSearch returns to certified medical examiner site; FMCSA mum on hack details
Truckers can now search the DOT's online registry for certified examiners by zip code, says the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, but the full registry remains offline three months after a...
View ArticleOwner-operator Alex Prifti’s new authority and, better yet, 1987 359
A tale of more than one trucker, ultimately -- Connecticut-based Alex Prifti (with a new authority as High Standard Transportation) and longtime independent short-hauler Joe Bielucki, who's making hay...
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