At The MED Group’s annual respiratory conference, Kelly Riley, director of the National Respiratory Network, urged attendees to make sure they got their money’s worth at the conference. “The theme of this is ROI — return on investment,” she said.
At a March 20 news conference, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator Kerry Weems announced that the agency has sent letters via overnight mail to suppliers who submitted bids to participate in the first round of competitive bidding. The letters will arrive Friday, March 21.
Yesterday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released its final rule on home sleep testing. The decision expands coverage for home sleep testing devices types II, III and IV for the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea.
Last Friday, CHAD Therapeutics announced that it had closed the sale of assets related to its transfilling oxygen business for $1.825 million in cash, pursuant to an asset purchase agreement.
Tuesday, March 18 is the deadline to submit comments regarding the revised Quality Standards. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued minor revisions last month and opened a 30-day comment period.
The National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC) has extended the deadline for individuals who graduated from an advanced-level respiratory therapy education program with an associate degree (prior to Jan. 1, 2005) to take and pass the Registry Examination for Advanced Respiratory Therapists (RRT). The new deadline to earn the RRT credential is Feb. 28, 2009.
In celebration of National Sleep Awareness Week (NSAW), March 3-9, the National Sleep Foundation hosted Advocacy Training and Capitol Hill Day in Washington, D.C., March 4.
Adults without symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) should not be screened for the disease using spirometry, according to a new recommendation from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. The recommendation and the accompanying summary of evidence appear online and in the April 1 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine.
In January, Graham-Field Health Products completed the asset purchase of Lumiscope, a manufacturer and distributor of diagnostic devices, as well as respiratory, orthopedic supports, electrotherapy and thermometry products for hospitals, physicians and consumers.
Catathrenia, or sleep-related groaning, can be successfully treated with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), according to a study published in the Jan. 1 issue of the journal SLEEP.
