Category: Laws & Regulations

Laws & Regulations

FDA Approves Inspire Medical’s New Physician Programmer Platform

A new telemetry cable enables Bluetooth connectivity to the programmer tablet. The platform interfaces with Inspire Cloud.

Laws & Regulations

SOMNOmedics PSGs Now FDA Approved for Pediatric Use

The FDA approval is for children as young as 2 years old. Specific analysis templates for children are available in DOMINO software.

Laws & Regulations

FDA Approves HETLIOZ for Sleep Disturbances in Smith-Magenis Syndrome

Smith-Magenis Syndrome is a rare neurodevelopmental disorder, a defining feature of which is an "inverted" circadian rhythm.

FDA

FDA Requires Label Changes for Benzos

Benzodiazepines are 'commonly abused and misused, often together with opioid pain relievers and other medicines, alcohol, and illicit drugs.'

Patient Rights, Privacy

“Unprecedented Demand”: Sleep Medicine Scales Its Remote Offerings

Telemedicine appointments and drop-shipped home sleep tests surge during the pandemic. Some predict these changes may be incorporated into a new normal.

Medicare & Medicaid

CMS: Clinicians Have “Maximum Flexibility” in Determining Patient Need for CPAP During Coronavirus Pandemic

Medicare will cover non-invasive ventilators, respiratory assist devices, and continuous positive airway pressure devices based on the clinician’s assessment of the patient.

Fraud & Malpractice

Medical Malpractice Insurer: Inadequate Pre-Op Assessments Create Risks for Anesthesiologists

When reviewers identified inadequate histories and physicals, 67% of those patients were found to have at least one comorbidity—such as obstructive sleep apnea.

Financial

You Can No Longer Sign Patients Up for Deferred Interest Medical Credit Cards in California

Effective this July, sleep subspecialists and dental sleep medicine practitioners can no longer give patients pre-filled applications or in any way help patients sign up for CareCredit or similar cards in their offices.

Commercial Transportation

SleepSafe Drivers Names New CEO

SleepSafe Drivers taps the company's long-time second in command, Adrian Knight, RRT, to lead the company following the founder’s retirement.