Tag: Sleep Apnea
Vivos to acquire sleep center
April 17, 2025HME News Staff
LITTLETON, Colo. - Vivos Therapeutics has signed a definitive agreement to acquire The Sleep Center of Nevada for up to $9 million.
The deal includes $6 million in cash, $1.5 million in Vivos common stock at closing, and potential additional $1.5 million in stock tied to performance milestones.
SCN, founded in 2008, is the largest sleep center in Nevada, with approximately 3,000 new patients each month. It operates seven locations with nearly 50 beds for overnight sleep testing.
“We...
In brief: Owens & Minor invests in DT, Samsung partners with Stanford, Alabama fights PBMs
April 11, 2025HME News Staff
RICHMOND, Va. – Owens & Minor expects to achieve greater efficiencies for its Products & Healthcare Services business and improved customer service with new investments in technology, automation and analytics.
Initial roll out will focus on two new Owens & Minor distribution centers in West Virginia and South Dakota.
“Over the past two years, our P&HS teammates have worked creatively and diligently to identify areas where technology investments, operational upgrades...
Samsung, Stanford to collaborate on sleep health solution
April 10, 2025HME News Staff
STANFORD, Calif. – Samsung Electronics and Stanford University will partner on a research project with Stanford Medicine for a health solution based on Samsung’s obstructive sleep apnea feature on its Galaxy Watch, which has received de novo authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Led by professor Robson Capasso as principal investigator and professor Clete Kushida as co-principal investigator, the joint study is designed to explore potential ways to further enhance Samsung’s...
Study highlights risk of sleep apnea, power of CPAP therapy
April 4, 2025Liz Beaulieu, Editor
SAN DIEGO – A new Resmed-supported study showing sleep apnea patients on CPAP therapy live longer will further fuel a “once-in-a-generation opportunity” to increase awareness, says Carlos Nunez, M.D.
The study, published in March in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, found that sleep apnea patients on CPAP therapy have a 37% lower risk of dying from any cause compared to patients not on therapy and a 55% lower risk of dying from cardiovascular disease.
“Not...
NYC greenlights free sleep apnea screenings
March 31, 2025HME News Staff
NEW YORK CITY – The New York City Council on March 26 passed a bill that will require the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, or another agency designated by the mayor with the appropriate subject matter expertise, to establish a three-year pilot program that provides access to sleep apnea screenings and, if deemed appropriate, to home sleep apnea tests, at no cost. The bill requires the agency to prioritize individuals without insurance and to publish a report on the...
Gem partners with Sleep Number
March 26, 2025HME News Staff
MINNEAPOLIS – Gem Specialty Health has connected its flagship offering, GEM SLEEP, to Sleep Number’s BreatheIQ, a digital sleep health app to help users understand their snoring. BreatheIQ users will now have the option to connect to GEM SLEEP to access clinical evaluations, diagnosis, treatment set up and support without setting foot in a clinic. The goal: Provide a simple, consumer-friendly option for the estimated 80% of individuals with undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnea, which,...
Dr. Watson: It pays to help patients take that final step
March 21, 2025Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
MADISON, Wis. – When patients receive an obstructive sleep apnea diagnosis but don’t initiate successful PAP therapy, that creates an opportunity cost across the health care continuum, says Nathaniel Watson, MD, chief medical officer at EnsoData.
“Once somebody's gotten all the way to that point, it's actually really important to get them to be adherent to their treatment,” he said. “To lose out on that last little step is problematic because of all...
In brief: AAH asks for exemption, CPAP therapy saves lives, Cigna closes MA sale
March 21, 2025HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – AAHomecare has asked the Trump Administration to exclude home medical equipment and supplies from current and proposed tariffs.
The administration in early March delayed proposed 25% tariff increases on products covered under the 2020 United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) until April. These potential new tariffs would join 20% tariffs on products from China that are already in effect.
Over the last two months, AAHomecare has engaged Capitol Hill on the need to exempt...
In brief: Protect indie pharmacies, comment on NIV decision, fill sleep education gaps
March 14, 2025HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – A group of senators has introduced legislation to limit what they say are abusive pricing practices by pharmacy benefit managers.
The “Protecting Pharmacies in Medicaid Act,” introduced by Sens. Peter Welch, D-Vt., Roger Marshal, R-Kan., Mark Warner, D-Va., and Bill Cassidy, R-La., cracks down on what they call “spread pricing” - charging Medicaid more than PBMs charge pharmacies for a drug, driving up costs for Medicaid and short-changing pharmacies....
NSF wants to address ‘gaps’ in understanding of sleep apnea
March 12, 2025HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – Nearly one-third of adults diagnosed with sleep apnea are not currently receiving treatment, according to a new study from the National Sleep Foundation.
“Understanding Sleep Apnea Survey,” an independent research and report supported by Inspire Medical Systems, surveyed more than 1,000 U.S. adults to identify the public's current understanding of and attitudes about sleep apnea symptoms, treatment options and preferences, and consequences of untreated...