The Magazine for Sleep Professionals
Friday, January 9, 2026
3M has resolved a case in federal court in Indiana against ZeroAqua, halting a fraudulent N95 scheme involving the promise of billions of nonexistent N95 respirators. The claims against Defendants have been resolved through the entry of a consent judgment, a court-entered permanent injunction, and a payment to 3M for […]
3M has filed a series of legal actions and is working with law enforcement around the world to fight fraud, price gouging and counterfeiting 3M continued to take decisive action to protect the public from price gouging and fraud for respiratory protection equipment by filing a legal action today in […]
The Utah State Legislature and Governor Gary Herbert have recently signed into law the Concurrent Resolution on Deaths From Opioid-Induced Postoperative Respiratory Depression (SCR4). The resolution urges hospitals, clinicians, and researchers to examine and identify possible links between opioids and respiratory depression following surgery and encourages doctors to prescribe home […]
New Report Underscores Need for More Protective Standards Than Those of the EPA Thousands of lives would be saved each year, and many more serious illnesses avoided, if U.S. counties met standards set by the American Thoracic Society for the two most important air pollutants, according to a new report […]
New initiative to describe unmet medical needs & treatment expectations from patient point-of-view On June 8, 2018, for the first time ever, sleep apnea patients and their family members will share perspectives on what it’s like to live with sleep apnea with FDA regulators, drug and medical device developers, and […]
In a huge blow to public health, EPA administrator Scott Pruitt announced a new rule that would only allow EPA to consider research studies for which the underlying data are available to the public, thus severely limiting the number of scientific studies that the EPA can use in setting health […]
The AARC is asking House and Senate leaders to support pilot legislation that allows respiratory therapists (RTs) as telehealth practitioners to deliver disease management services to Medicare beneficiaries with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Background Respiratory therapists are currently not among the healthcare professionals who can furnish telehealth services. Last […]
The withdrawal of the Proposed Rulemaking on Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) does transportation industry a huge disservice Executives from SleepSafe Drivers, one of the nation’s leaders in Fatigue Management Programs (FMPs) for the transportation industry and other high-risk related jobs, sent a letter to Transportation Secretary Chao’s office outlining their […]
The AARC needs your help! There are three bills that have been introduced in the House of Representatives that include respiratory care as a telehealth service and respiratory therapists among the professionals covered to provide telehealth and/or remote patient monitoring services under Medicare. The bills are: H.R. 2550 — Medicare Telehealth Parity […]
