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SUNNYVALE, Calif. – Somnoware has received Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) Agency Authorization through a Department of Veterans Affairs sponsorship. The designation authorizes Somnoware to work with federal organizations and paves the way for the company to complete the rollout of its platform to VA Medical Centers nationwide. “Today, Somnoware has made federal security requirements the de facto standard available to current and future customers,” said...

WASHINGTON - A Senate sign-on letter supporting additional relief from Medicare's competitive bidding program was released Sept. 28, a companion letter to one circulating in the House of Representatives, which had garnered 79 signatures at press time Friday.The Senate letter, spearheaded by Sens. John Thune, R-S.D, and Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., urges CMS to increase reimbursement rates in bid areas until the next round of the program is implemented and extend 50/50 blended reimbursement rates to all...

SUNNYVALE, Calf. - Somnoware, a provider of digital health software, has launched an enhanced DME-ordering capability for enterprise healthcare systems. The expanded interoperability with electronic medical record or EMR software enables customers to manage patients who have historically not been on the platform. “This will allow enterprise healthcare systems to rapidly deploy Somnoware across all their facilities without changing their existing processes, resulting in improved care coordination...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Somnoware, a provider of respiratory healthcare software, has launched a Chronic Care Management module to enable pulmonologists to view detailed demographic, diagnosis, co-morbidity, therapy adherence, hospitalization, readmission, and other patient data. The module also features historical data, and allows pulmonologists to visualize emerging trends and obtain predictive analytics on important metrics like hospital admission and CPAP compliance, according to a press release....

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Somnoware says Philips Respironics has agreed to give it direct access to all CPAP usage data stored in the EncoreAnywhere patient management system with consent from the physician or health system. As a result, the data will be accessible to independent and network practices via Somnoware's new care management module. By having access to this data, sleep physicians can use Somnoware's module to set up their patients with CPAP devices faster and provide them with better long-term...

AMSTERDAM - Adults recognize that sleep is important, but they still prioritize other things in their lives over sleep, according to a new international survey published by Royal Philips on World Sleep Day.Ninety-two percent of 6,461 adults across five countries who were surveyed by Harris Poll said sleep is crucial to their overall health and wellbeing. They say even one bad night of sleep can result in looking tired, being less productive and feeling unmotivated.Yet 84% of adults say other things...

GOTHENBURG, Sweden - The number of remotely monitored patients, including CPAP patients, grew by 44% to 7.1 million in 2016, according a new report from Berg Insight.What's more, the number of remotely monitored patients will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 47.9% to reach 50.2 million by 2021, says the market research firm.The two main applications in the market are monitoring patients with sleep therapy devices and monitoring patients with implantable cardiac rhythm management...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Somnoware has launched a new care management module that sleep physicians can use to track and improve CPAP adherence for their patients. By using machine learning models, the module is able to classify patients who are at risk and on track for compliance. The module features a panel that displays those at risk, ranked by the severity of their sleep apnea. Physicians can engage with patients by clicking on their names to send them emails or text messages. When physicians double-click...

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. - 3B Medical and Somnoware will integrate to allow enhanced sharing of compliance data and offer the ability to customize activities/alerts based on compliance and diagnostic data. With a comprehensive view of 3B Medical's sleep data and a single point of access to patient information in one unified platform, providers can use Somnoware's analytics to easily achieve the detailed outcome measurement and reporting required. The integration project is expected to be completed by the...