New CPT release along with pricing any day between now and 31 October. • In October 2010, the American Medical Association to announce a new CPT (Current Procedural Terminology) code for at-home testing of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), which will go into effect January 1, 2011. • Home testing and diagnosing of OSA will now become uniformly reimbursable for all … [Read more...] about WatchPAT™ Spearheads Breakthrough of At-Home Testing
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Anesthesiologists Underdiagnose OSA in Preoperative Patients
-- Studies Reveal A Need To Identify And Implement A Screening Procedure For Obstructive Sleep Apnea Prior To Surgery As Americans get heavier and heavier, the incidence of obstructive sleep apnea increases, and results from two clinical studies presented at ANESTHESIOLOGY 2010 reinforce the need for physicians to screen for the disorder prior to surgery in order to … [Read more...] about Anesthesiologists Underdiagnose OSA in Preoperative Patients
The Heart of the Matter: with Home Sleep Testing
The Somté home sleep testing (HST) device by Compumedics addresses the technological challenges of home studies while its sophisticated ECG capabilities help set the device apart from its peers. When engineers from Australia-based Compumedics developed the Somté, they knew cardiology was likely to play a growing role within sleep medicine. With this in mind, they developed a … [Read more...] about The Heart of the Matter: with Home Sleep Testing
Volume 5.5 : September 2010
Insomnia and Cardiovascular Disease Reducing the Severity of OSA Syndrome with Patient Exercises Home Sleep Testing Disfunctional Beliefs About Sleep in Children Sleep and Metabolic Disorders Technology Report Spotlight on Sensors: Part 2 Getting the Message - D. C. Bradley HTML PDF Beyond the S9: VPAP™ Tx Lab System - E. … [Read more...] about Volume 5.5 : September 2010