CareCredit Expands to Walmart.com, Adding Sleep Essentials to Eligible Purchases
The expansion allows the health and wellness credit card to be used for online purchases of mattresses, pillows, and other sleep products.
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As competition from health insurers heats up, standalone dental payers must improve efficiency and find their unique value proposition, reports WestMonroe Partners.
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Editor’s Message: Stand By for Success
Here’s a simple solution sleep centers can implement: a “standby list” of patients who are contacted when there are last-minute openings for a sleep study.
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Sleep Review Salary Survey 2016 Results
Sleep medicine practitioners are making the same, or slightly more, than they made in 2015. Here...
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Third Quarter 2016 Sleep Center Survey Results
Bed and patient growth both increase, while home sleep testing appears to be peaking. By Mike...
Read MoreNierman Practice Management Releases Dental Sleep Efficiency Package
Dental sleep medicine service provider Nierman Practice Management launched a new package in June 2016, which includes DentalWriter Software, medical billing services, and narrative report writing software.
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First Quarter 2016 Sleep Center Survey Results
Bed growth, patient volume growth, and per patient revenue all show declines in 1Q16.
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Third Quarter 2015 Sleep Center Survey Results
Patient volume growth continues to improve, on average 20% of obstructive sleep apnea tests are done with HSTs, 19% of patients use APAP, finds Sleep Review’s semi-annual survey.
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The Case for Hiring an Attorney as Your Billing Specialist
Just as a PSG can diagnosis a patient’s sleep disorder and CPAP utilization can assist with the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea, hiring a qualified attorney to serve as a billing specialist for a sleep lab or DME company can assist in identifying regulatory compliance concerns and provide advice on documenting areas of concern related to billing and claims submission.
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Integrating Continuing Education Into Your Sleep Center Operations
Staying up to date with frequent changes in our professional pathway has always been a factor in providing excellent healthcare. Here are key details about your options—from in-house opportunities to distance learning to in-person conferences.
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First Quarter 2015 Sleep Center Survey Results
Patient volume growth improves, HST use increases, and APAP use decreases slightly, according to Sleep Review’s semi-annual survey.
Read MoreFour Organizations Receive National Revenue Cycle Honors After Improvements as Large as $8.2M
Three hospitals and one health system were selected from hundreds of hospitals nationwide to receive the 2014 Revenue Cycle Solutions Awards. Given by The Advisory Board Company, the awards recognize institutions’...
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Sleep Center Bed Growth, Patient Growth Up
Sleep Review and Needham & Co’s 3rd quarter 2014 survey results show improvements in key areas.
Read MoreHome Testing Does Not Impact Clinical Outcomes
Home testing of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) followed by initiation of home treatment with an auto-titrating continuous positive airway pressure (AutoCPAP or APAP) device reduced costs compared with in-laboratory testing and...
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Staffing Firm Releases Physician Salary Calculator
National staffing firm, Jackson & Coker, has released its 2014 Physician Salary Calculator—a...
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With Medical Debts Rising, Doctors Are More Aggressive About Payments
Asking patients to pay for surgeries up front is one solution to lower bad debt expenses, reports...
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SleepMed to Launch Administrative Service Organization for Sleep Specialists
SleepMed, the US’s largest private sleep diagnostics provider, will launch an administrative service organization (ASO) for sleep specialists who want to expand their patient base in the evolving healthcare environment, Sleep Review has exclusively learned.
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