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Posted by Dan Custer on June 26, 2001 at 08:36:59:In Reply to: Re: Apnea scoring posted by Troy M. Pridgeon, RPSGT on June 22, 2001 at 16:53:30:
Hi Troy,
I submitted a response and recieved an error message so I hope that I'm not sending this twice.I take the same route as you, 30 apneas etched in stone, to avoid Medicare issues. Hopefully the new AASM position paper and the cardiology input will affect a change in qualifying CPAP.
As for accreditation, I have bought the application, answered all the questions, updated it, use it as a guideline for assuring we have a quality program, but have never submitted it for review and accreditation. If I lose referrals because I am not accredited then I will spend the money and submit myself to more agency review.
I haven't seen the most recent guidelines alhtough I generally champion change if it is for the better, i.e. pressure transducers replacing thermocouples. I think a big issue, especiialy with everyone and their uncle doing sleep studies, is that the raw data should be reviewed by a qualified clinical polysomnographer with the recording and scoring technologists, rather than a RPSGT scoring data and offering summarized data for a physician to sign off on.
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