“Home Sleep Testing and the CPAP Provider: What Kind of Relationship Can There Be?” will be held July 30 from 2:30-4:00 p.m. ET. Awareness about obstructive sleep apnea today is similar to awareness of diabetes 15 years ago. Most physicians (not just pulmonologists) are aware that OSA leads to many health problems. The opportunity for the DME provider is to be able to sell CPAP to the patient as well as the supplies (mask, tubing and filter) on a regular basis thereafter. Until relatively recently, testing for OSA occurred primarily in sleep labs where the patient would spend the night. Over the last couple of years, testing for OSA has increasingly shifted to home sleep testing. This is more cost effective and patient friendly. Recognizing that abuse can occur if the DME provider has any connection with the home sleep test, CMS has essentially said that a CPAP provider can have nothing to do with them. As to whether commercial insurers impose similar restrictions is on an insurer-by-insurer basis. Sign up now for this webinar with Jeffrey S. Baird, Esq., Brown & Fortunato, P.C.
Monday, July 22, 2013