National Government Services (NGS), a CMS Medicare Contractor for Medicare jurisdictions 6 (Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota) and K (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont), has released a revised medical policy article (A53019) for polysomnography and sleep studies, effective Oct. 31, 2019. [...]

The AASM has revised the Standards for Accreditation to simplify requirements that have a limited bearing on the quality of a sleep facility or independent sleep practice. These revised standards have been posted online and take effect July 1, 2019. You can now download [...]

Over the past year, the AASM Accreditation Committee has been evaluating the Standards for Accreditation after being commissioned by the AASM Board of Directors to simplify requirements that have a limited bearing on the quality of a sleep facility. These revised standards, along with [...]

Now available on the AASM website are updated Standards for Accreditation of sleep facilities and Independent Sleep Practice Standards for Accreditation. The AASM revised two standards for sleep facilities, H-3: Database/Storage and K-7: Safety Risks Unique to in-center Sleep Testing, to improve clarity [...]

Medicare contractor Palmetto GBA recently released revisions to its local coverage determination (LCD) policy for polysomnography and other sleep studies for Medicare Jurisdictions J and M (L36593), affecting sleep facilities in 7 states:  Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia.  [...]