The Magazine for Sleep Professionals
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
The Biden-Harris Administration is requiring COVID-19 vaccination of eligible staff at health care facilities that participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. The emergency regulation issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today protects those fighting this virus on the front lines while also delivering assurances to […]
Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) reaffirms its status as a national leader in home health accreditation with its recent renewal as an approved accreditor for Medicare providers by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The CMS approval extends ACHC’s authority to conduct deemed status surveys that meet or […]
Permanent Update to Multi-Function Ventilator Code Increases Access to Integrated Respiratory Care for All Ventilator Users On May 29, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) updated its policy for HCPCS code E0467 (Multi-Function Ventilator) removing “same or similar” restrictions and paving the way for increased access to integrated […]
Itamar Medical Ltd. has announced that Blue Shield of California (BSC) and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Federal Employee Plan (BCBS FEP) have included WatchPAT™ as a covered home sleep apnea diagnostic test. The Company also announced the release of the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 2020 […]
By Kevin Fleming Just last week, two departments within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed new rules that recognize an important and accelerating dynamic in the healthcare industry, patient consumerism. These rules were designed to further the industry’s transition into a modern, consumer-driven operating model. Though […]
