Tag: American Sleep Apnea Association (ASAA)
American Sleep Apnea Association rebrands
June 12, 2025HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – The American Sleep Apnea Association (ASAA) has rebranded as the Wellness, Sleep & Circadian Network (WSCN).
WSCN will build upon the 35-year-old ASAA's legacy of advocacy, education, research and support for people with sleep apnea, while expanding its reach to address the growing global demand for guidance around whole-day health.
The organization says it is redefining what it means to live well and make every moment count, acknowledging that life...
AASM names new president
June 16, 2021HME News Staff
DARIEN, Ill. – The American Academy of Sleep Medicine has named Dr. Raman Malhotra to a one-year term as president. He will lead the association’s 11,000 accredited member sleep centers and individual members, including physicians, scientists and other health care professionals who provide care for patients with sleep disorders such as obstructive sleep apnea and chronic insomnia. “It’s an honor to have the opportunity to lead the AASM, and I am grateful to serve alongside...
ASAA details apnea's impact
September 6, 2018HME News Staff
WASHINGTON - The American Sleep Apnea Association released a report on Sept. 5 that details the impact of sleep apnea on patients and families.“Raising Voices for Progress in Treatment and Care” is based on first-person accounts shared at the AWAKE meeting in June, and the results of a patient and caregiver survey that attracted 5,630 responses around the country."The powerful testimonies delivered on June 8 and through the survey illustrate the good, the bad, and the ugly of the patient...
Upcoming meeting matches sleep patients with regulators
May 18, 2018Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
WASHINGTON - For several years, Congress and patient advocates have demanded that patients have a greater voice in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's product review process.Now, a June 8 meeting has been set that will bring together sleep apnea patients, industry stakeholders and FDA officials to discuss the impact of the disease.“The intent of the patient engagement movement is to ensure that the FDA understands the perspectives of patients,” said Adam Amdur, chief patient officer...
Sleep patients have their say
April 26, 2018HME News Staff
WASHINGTON - Sleep apnea patients and their family members will share perspectives on living with the condition with Food and Drug Administration regulators, drug and medical device developers, and researchers, according to a release from the American Sleep Apnea Association. The AWAKE Sleep Apnea Initiative will collect patient and caregiver experiences as they relate to diagnosis, impact on daily life, symptom management, and treatment expectations through an online survey. A meeting with FDA officials...
In brief: Rotech 'ready to assist,' Universal Software makes buy
March 25, 2016HME News Staff
ORLANDO, Fla. - Rotech Healthcare announced last week that it has received contract offers for general HME and standard mobility for all 117 competitive bidding areas as part of the Round 2 re-compete.
The national provider has also received offers for respiratory equipment for 116 CBAs.
The offers are a bittersweet, Rotech says.
“While we are excited about winning oxygen and CPAP in 116 CBAs, we are also disappointed bid pricing rates continue to reach levels that are devastating...
ASAA receives funding for study
March 24, 2016HME News Staff
WASHINGTON - The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Board of Governors has approved a three-year, $2.5 million demonstration project called the O2VERLAP Study, the American Sleep Apnea Association (ASAA) has announced. The multi-partner demonstration project will compare the effectiveness of proactive care (web-based peer coaching education and support intervention) versus reactive care on improving adherence to nocturnal oxygen and CPAP therapies in patients diagnosed with both COPD and...
In brief: Big names partner for sleep, Etac reorganizes
March 4, 2016HME News Staff
WASHINGTON - The American Sleep Apnea Association (ASAA) and IBM have partnered on a SleepHealth app for the iPhone and Apple Watch and a SleepHealth Research Study to help identify connections between sleep habits and health outcomes.The project uses the open source ResearchKit framework designed by Apple to allow participants to complete tasks and submit surveys from the SleepHealth app. That data will be stored on the Watson Health Cloud, where researchers will be...
ASAA, IBM team up on app, study
March 3, 2016HME News Staff
WASHINGTON - The American Sleep Apnea Association (ASAA) and IBM have partnered on a SleepHealth app for the iPhone and Apple Watch and a SleepHealth Research Study to help identify connections between sleep habits and health outcomes.
The project uses the open source ResearchKit framework designed by Apple to allow participants to complete tasks and submit surveys from the SleepHealth app. That data will be stored on the Watson Health Cloud, where researchers will...
ASAA gives away CPAPs
December 23, 2015HME News Staff
WASHINGTON - In honor of the holidays, the American Sleep Apnea Association (ASAA) has provided free CPAP equipment packages to 40 sleep apnea patients this week through its CPAP Assistance Program. "Over the past few years, the ASAA has provided this life-saving equipment to over 3,000 sleep apnea patients,” said Darrel Drobnich, president. “We always want to do more, but we did what we could afford to see that these patients do not go without therapy because of their inability to pay.”...