sleepdoctor
This blog discusses common and uncommon sleep disorders, as well as both the clinical and business aspects of running a sleep disorders center.
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Oct 02, 11 12:04PMAn experienced sleep technician recently asked me about compensation for sleep physician services at a sleep disorders center (IDTF) he is starting. Below is what I told him (disclaimer: this is based on...
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Mar 07, 11 07:23PMhttp://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/07/sports/basketball/07naps.html?_r=1&src=me&ref=sportsSome N.B.A. teams have received an education in the art of napping from Dr. Charles Czeisler, the director of...
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Nov 16, 10 04:04PMThe above is from the open h0use of the Tupelo branch of Reggie White Sleep Disorder Centers
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Nov 01, 10 06:01PMI was recently contacted by a non-physician regarding how to find a medical director for a sleep lab she is opening. This sleep lab is not in my state (Mississippi). Here is my answer to her:You can try...
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Jun 27, 10 06:49PMSleep studies performed on patients with medicare at an IDTF must be done by appropriately certified technicians. Below is the regulation (copied from an old reader comment):CMS document 410.33 (2)(c states...
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Jun 27, 10 06:27PMI recently received an email asking about billing globally for sleep studies vs billing the professional and technical components separately. I came across this reference today:http://www.arkmedicare com...
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Jun 27, 10 07:26AMA doctor asked on the AASM message board about prn (as needed) MSLT's. In his sleep medicine group, doctors sometimes order a nocturnal polysomnogram to evaluate for OSA, with instructions to the tec hnicians...
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Apr 24, 10 07:11AM94660 is the cpt code for CPAP initiation and management. This is a poorly understood code; there is always disagreement when someone asks about it at an American Academy of Sleep Medicine business s eminar...
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Apr 10, 10 07:22AMThis question was recently posted on Medscape's Physician connect:I am treating a man who has sleep apnea and uses CPAP. He is on Trileptal and Lamictal. Recent problems with insomnia has made me sugg est...
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Feb 08, 10 04:33PM(from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, via Drudge) A 25 year old man recently died during a sleep study at Emory:Harris, a medical assistant, entered the Emory sleep center on Jan. 22, said his moth er...
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