The Magazine for Sleep Professionals
Sunday, October 4, 2026
AdaptHealth LLC, formerly known as QMES, LLC, a provider of durable medical equipment based in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, will pay $5.3 million to resolve alleged False Claims Act violations for submitting allegedly false claims to federal healthcare programs for respiratory devices that patients did not need or use, in violation […]
Respironics Inc. has agreed to pay over $24 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that it misled federal health care programs by paying kickbacks to DME suppliers. The affected programs were Medicare, Medicaid and TRICARE, which is the health care program for active military and their families. The settlement […]
Royal Philips has announced the launch of the Philips Respironics Mask Selector, the first and only clinically validated, 3D facial scanning solution that helps providers to fit 9 out of 10 patients with the right mask from the start [1]. The proprietary Mask Selector algorithm offers a novel solution in the […]
In a field plagued by COPD readmission rates, registered respiratory therapist (RRT) Kimberly Palczynski had a hunch that working more closely with primary care physicians might help stem the tide. But she never could have expected just how big of an impact an RT-driven, patient home care program in conjunction […]
Brightree has acquired privately held mobile delivery and cloud-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider Apacheta Corporation, further expanding the SaaS portfolio of Brightree’s owner, ResMed. Apacheta offers mobile applications that empower companies to automate and streamline business processes in route sales, field marketing, pick-up and delivery, transportation and field services. The terms […]
Philips Respironics is taking strategic steps to reach more patients and provide them with the products and therapies they need and may otherwise have difficulty accessing. The first step in this new initiative is a relaunch of Philips’ patient education website COPDinfo.com. New information and functionality have been added to […]
