Category: Practice Management

Practice Management

AASM Launches Clinical Data Registry Dedicated to Sleep Medicine

Approved as a Qualified Clinical Data Registry by CMS, Sleep CDR will support quality improvement efforts, collection of patient-reported outcomes data, and benchmarking.

Practice Management

Ins & Outs of Home Sleep Testing Programs

While parceling out functions to one or more outside providers can facilitate growth, insourcing other elements of a home sleep testing workflow provides control.

Practice Management

New Credential for Dental-to-Medical Cross-Coding & Billing Available

Candidates can earn designations in 9 areas, including sleep apnea, sedation dentistry, and coding and reimbursement for CBCT scans.

Money

Highmark Adds Coverage for Remedē System in Patients with Central Sleep Apnea

Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield and its affiliates will provide coverage for the Respicardia Inc's remedē System implantable therapy for central sleep apnea, effective immediately.

Laws & Regulations

2020 Roundup: The Year in FDA Clearances & Approvals for Sleep Medicine

It’s been an unusual year. But, mostly as usual, the US Food & Drug Administration continued to review device and drug applications across all fields of medicine.

FDA

‘PortPatch’ CPAP Filter Gets FDA Emergency Use Authorization

Made of N99-rated filter material, the patent-pending PortPatch is intended to reduce the spread of airborne particulates.

Marketing

Is it Time for Sleep in Your Practice?

Dental Products Report: Dental sleep medicine is a field many practices are taking on for its patient care and practice-building opportunities.

Human Resources

How Has the Pandemic Impacted Sleep Centers? EnsoData Releases Its Second Report

While sleep centers are rapidly adopting new strategies and technologies to diagnose and treat sleep disorders during COVID-19, some are struggling to keep their doors open, their staff fully employed, and their patients fully cared for during the prolonged pandemic.

Continuing Education

8 Anticipated Highlights of Virtual SLEEP 2020

A plenary session will discuss sleep and Alzheimer's disease. Blues Night will be a tribute to Bill Dement, MD, PhD.