Tag: Wake Up to Sleep

WASHINGTON - As this year's congressional session winds down, HME stakeholders are eyeing the “doc-fix” bill as the best vehicle for H.R. 1717. The Senate Finance and House Ways and Means committees are expected to mark up the doc fix bill on Thursday, according to Cara Bachenheimer, senior vice president of government relations for Invacare. If a finalized fix to physician reimbursement is delayed, it would give the industry more time to push H.R. 1717, which has 160 co-sponsors, said...

SAN DIEGO - Wake Up to Sleep, an online support community for sleep apnea patients, has celebrated its first anniversary, ResMed announced Dec. 5. Patients can use the site for screening tools and symptom tests, or if they're already using CPAP therapy, to monitor their therapy data and set goals. “Patients who are engaged in their own therapy are more likely to be compliant in the long run,” said Jim Hollingshead, president of ResMed Americas, in a release. “This decreases patient...