Diabetic, Sleep Patients Could Suffer Through September
HME Business The American Association for Homecare reports that its members are predicting “an avalanche” of complaints from diabetic and CPAP patients trying to obtain supplies now that Round Two of...
View ArticleApp helps providers be heroes
HME News The CPAP Horizon Project (CHP) has joined the fray of companies offering apps to help patients manage their sleep therapy, but founder Doug Hudiburg says providers are the drivers behind his....
View ArticleProviders Can Pick up Orphaned O2 Patients
HME Business Until last week, the dilemma faced by oxygen patients whose providers have gone out of business or for some other reason are no longer able to provide oxygen or equipment to them was...
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Home-care workers to get minimum wage, overtime pay
Modern Healthcare The Obama administration on Tuesday dramatically increased the number of home-care workers eligible to receive overtime and federal minimum wage pay. In a long-awaited final rule...
View ArticleAdopting Medicare DME payments could save states millions
Healthcare Payer News States could potentially save millions if they adopted the Medicare competitive bidding payment amounts to purchase medical equipment instead of the higher Medicaid fee schedule...
View Article‘No-man’s land’ for oxygen patients
HME News When a local competitor closed its doors recently, provider Tyler Riddle had bad news for its capped-out oxygen patients: He couldn’t take them. “I am not going to take capped patients...
View ArticleSleep Apnea? Lose Weight, ACP Urges
MedPage Today The first line of defense against obstructive sleep apnea should be weight loss, according to new guidelines from the American College of Physicians. Action Points The first line of...
View ArticleDevice Cuts Central Sleep Apnea Events
MedPage Today A small implantable device that normalizes breathing by stimulating the phrenic nerve may be the answer for heart failure patients suffering from central sleep apnea, results of a phase...
View ArticleSleep Apnea Plays Role in Car Crashes
MedPage Today Excessive daytime sleepiness from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) contributed to excess car crashes, particularly in untreated men, a study showed. Action Points Untreated obstructive sleep...
View ArticleCPAP Treatment Motivator: Better Golf Scores
Medscape Medical News One way to motivate men with obstructive sleep apnea to use continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy may be to tell them it is likely to improve their golf scores,...
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