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Medicare to allow home studies


Posted by Texas Tech on April 30, 2004 at 08:29:29:

For those of you who haven't seen this I thought I would post this here.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is reviewing its national coverage decision regarding the diagnosis of patients with obstructive sleep apnea requiring continuous positive airway pressure therapy. Current national coverage guidelines specify that only a polysomnography done in a facility-based sleep study laboratory be used to identify patients with OSA requiring CPAP.

CMS has received a request to modify this decision to include the use of portable multi-channel home sleep testing devices as an alternative to facility-based PSG in the evaluation of OSA. A decision is expected by Oct. 8, 2004.

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