Noncompliant Oxygen Patients

February 2, 2015
AMARILLO, TX – A growing challenge to DME supplierS is what to do with noncompliant oxygen patients. A supplier probably could reasonably conclude that the absence of a fully compliant recertification CMN is a technical fault to be remedied by

Oxygen – When Can You Restart the 36-Month Cap?

January 19, 2015
AMARILLO, TX – The 36-month oxygen rental period can restart in the following situations: • the supplier “abandons” its oxygen patients; • the supplier files a Chapter 7 bankruptcy or a liquidating Chapter 11; • if the beneficiary ele

NTSB Presses Regulators and Medtrade Spring Welcomes Sleep Exhibitors

January 19, 2015
WASHINGTON, DC – The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) made it perfectly clear: they want trucking regulators to institute sleep apnea screening requirements. The requirement is thus far nothing but an item on a wish list, because the

Mayo Clinic Offers Ten CPAP Tips

January 12, 2015
ROCHESTER, MN – Even ardent CPAP supporters admit that compliance requires education and commitment. The #1 hospital in America (Mayo Clinic), as ranked by U.S. News and World Report magazine, recently underscored the importance of proper CPAP

Bump in the Road to Medtrade Spring

January 5, 2015
SAINT GEORGE, UT – Makers of the Zitality Slumberbump anti-snore belt are hoping to build on their Medtrade momentum when they set up shop at Medtrade Spring (Booth #1671), scheduled for March 30-April 1 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las

Metro North Mandates Sleep Testing

January 5, 2015
BRONX, NY – A little more than a year after the Bronx train derailment that killed four people and injured more than 60, all engineers at NY-based transit company Metro North will be getting tested for sleep apnea in 2015. The engineer at the h