Sree Roy

2 weeks ago | sleepreviewmag.com | Sree Roy

Many US health insurers refuse to cover CPAP for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) unless adherence thresholds are met—but new data challenge that binary thinking. A large-scale actuarial analysis sponsored by EnsoData suggests that CPAP delivers measurable cost savings for Medicare beneficiaries, and it links simply starting the therapy to reduced healthcare utilization among people with OSA.

1 month ago | sleepreviewmag.com | Sree Roy

Via BRAEBON’s cardiac sleep solutions program, cardiologists have had easy access to BRAEBON’s sleep diagnostic devices for many years. However, BRAEBON founder and CEO Richard A. Bonato, PhD, RPSGT, has found that most cardiologists would rather refer patients to sleep labs than diagnose them with sleep-breathing disorders themselves.

1 month ago | sleepreviewmag.com | Sree Roy

Like many sleep medicine stakeholders, I felt the stirrings of something momentous when first Samsung, soon followed by Apple, received the OK from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market their over-the-counter devices that assess risk for sleep apnea in the United States. Hordes of the 23 million-plus people with undiagnosed moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) would effortlessly be alerted to their potential of harboring the sleep disorder, I thought.

1 month ago | sleepreviewmag.com | Sree Roy

Years of hard work to modernize the CPT codes for unattended sleep testing are finally paying off. The American Medical Association (AMA)’s CPT panel accepted a new code set for home sleep testing (HST) at a meeting convened Feb 6-8, 2025, according to the CPT® Editorial Panel Summary of Panel Actions – February 2025. It also approved the deletion of CPT codes 95800, 95801, and 95806.

1 month ago | sleepreviewmag.com | Sree Roy

Teledentistry can increase access for patients with obstructive sleep apnea, but the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine (AADSM) recently updated dental sleep medicine standards to clarify that specific steps should only be done in person, not remotely. According to the AADSM update, at least these oral appliance workflow steps should be in person:a comprehensive dental sleep medicine exam,digital or analog impressions,and construction bite registration.