Gem Specialty Health has raised a seed financing round to expand Gem Health, its virtual sleep apnea clinic, by offering insurance coverage through more local and national health plans.
"This is a big win for patients suffering from insomnia," says Patty Torr, Idorsia US president and general manager, in a release.
UnitedHealthcare is one of the businesses of UnitedHealth Group, a diversified health care company that provides coverage for approximately 41 million members.
A new strategic investor is investing $20 million in Pear Therapeutics, bringing the total Series D investment to $100 million.
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Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield and its affiliates will provide coverage for the Respicardia Inc’s remedē System implantable therapy for central sleep apnea, effective immediately.
Read MoreHealth insurer Independence Blue Cross has removed its prior authorization requirement for home sleep apnea tests following a dialog initiated by Itamar Medical to increase access.
Read MoreThe integration features Quickscreen, which identifies patients who are pre-approved or who already have an existing CareCredit credit card.
Read MoreHealth plan provider Humana Inc will provide coverage for Inspire upper airway stimulation therapy, effective August 27.
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Effective this July, sleep subspecialists and dental sleep medicine practitioners can no longer give patients pre-filled applications or in any way help patients sign up for CareCredit or similar cards in their offices.
Read MoreAn investigation by The Fresno Bee for The California Divide, a statewide media project examining economic inequality, has found that some dentists appear to be inflating bills and pressuring patients to put their services...
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In September, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared Oventus Medical’s O2Vent Optima, a...
Read MoreA January 2020 report from the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) requests that under secretary coordinate with appropriate offices to assess whether purchasing sleep apnea devices is in VHA’s best interest or...
Read MoreCMS and Medicare Learning Network recently published a 4-page fact sheet about sleep studies. Based on the results of the OIG review of a sample of 200 randomly selected beneficiaries, the OIG found the most common type of error...
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The manufacturer of MATRx plus, an at-home sleep theragnostic system that predicts therapeutic...
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Inspire Medical Systems, Inc, a medical technology company focused on the development and...
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A payor reimbursement expert explains the difference between G codes and CPT codes for unattended...
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Whether you offer third-party or in-house payment plans, these techniques will alert your patients...
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After requests from dental sleep medicine practitioners, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...
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