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In sleepdoctor - Posted 1 week ago
A few weeks ago I posted on the subject of new medicare requirements for the coverage of a cpap machine.An interesting part of the new requirements ap...
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In sleepdoctor - Posted 2 weeks ago
A member of the AASM discussion boards provide a link to the following info regarding the new CMS requirements for the documentation of benefit of CPA...
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In sleepdoctor - Posted 2 weeks ago
In patients with OSA, apneas and hypopneas tend to be most frequent during REM sleep and the least frequent during slow wave sleep. The protective e...
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In sleepdoctor - Posted 8 weeks ago
Sometimes a patient will have symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea but they don't meet their insurance company's strict criteria for coverage of a cpap...
In sleepdoctor - Posted 9 weeks ago
It appears that Durable Medical Equipment companies have been left out of home testing by most of the regional Medicare carriers.Here is part of the L...
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In sleepdoctor - Posted 10 weeks ago
According to a new study, many persons with a Near Death Experience (NDE) have symptoms of REM sleep intruding into wakefulness:For 60 percent of thos...
In sleepdoctor - Posted 11 weeks ago
The AASM reports that Trailblazer, the Medicare carrier for Texas and surrounding states (not Mississippi) has decided reimbursement rates for home te...
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In sleepdoctor - Posted 12 weeks ago
A reader commented: The problems of sleep labs are not just compliance with regulations. Sleep lab operators need to run good facilities which are tol...
In sleepdoctor - Posted 12 weeks ago
At Somnus Sleep Clinic, we finally obtained a type 3 home testing device, the SleepTrek 3:SleepTrek3, a 6-channel Home Sleep Screener, is a small ligh...
In sleepdoctor - Posted 14 weeks ago
A reader asks:I have a question about joining the real world as a psychiatrist and sleep physician. It seems everyone is geared toward pulm/cc guys. I...
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