AAH to payers: Temporarily relax CPAP requirements 

WASHINGTON – AAHomecare has developed a letter that providers can send to payers explaining the CPAP device shortage and asking them to temporarily relax compliance requirements. In the wake of supply chain challenges related to semiconductor chips, manufacturers have released products that don’t have wireless cell modem data tracking technology for recording patient compliance data. The letter asks payers to remove, for a limited period of time, any policy requiring patient compliance data for continued use or authorization to help maintain access to CPAP devices. Current Medicare guidelines call for patients to use their CPAP machines for at least four hours per night at least 70% of the time.