[The future of sleep]

Medicare | CMS Proposes Medicare Coverage of Sleep Apnea Treatment for Beneficiaries Diagnosed With Home Tests

Under the proposal, which likely will become final in March after a public comment period, Medicare beneficiaries could obtain home tests for sleep apnea from any physician, not only sleep specialists. This "controversial" proposal could prove "far-reaching," for Medicare beneficiaries.

Terence Davidson an Ears, Nose and Throat surgeon from the University of California-San Diego, the person who drafted the proposal to CMS, said, "It's been awkward and inconvenient and expensive to get a sleep test, and now that should be improved"

I invite everyone to read the latest blog, "Who should care for our Greatest Generation's Sleep Disorders" at : http://sleepwellandlive.wordpress.com/. It has comments from a talk Dr. Davidson gave to his colleagues on the subject of sleep testing. It will explain the real motives for this decision and the implications it will have on the health and safety of our Medicare beneficiaries.