Month: October 2010

DME MAC Hosting Workshop Discussing PAP LCD

Noridian Administrative Services (NAS) will host a positive airway pressure (PAP) Web workshop on December 8, 11 AM CT. The 90-minute workshop will review the PAP device local coverage determination and policy article. According to information

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Starving to Avoid Sleepiness

Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis found that starvation allows the need for nourishment to push aside the need for sleep. Like humans and rats, fruit flies cannot survive without sleep. But in a line of flies eng

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New CPAP Adherence Criteria May Yield Negative Effects

The application of new coverage determination adherence criteria for continued reimbursement of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) may have potential negative effects on patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and their clinical car

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AMA Urges Congress to Stop Medicare Payment Cuts

The American Medicial Association (AMA), along with medical societies representing 50 states and the District of Columbia and 65 national physician organizations, united to send a strong message to Congress—immediate action is needed to s

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