Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Positive Airway Pressure Adherence Criteria May Limit Treatment to Many Medicare Beneficiaries.
Naik S, Al-Halawani M, Kreinin I, Kryger M. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Positive Airway Pressure Adherence Criteria May Limit Treatment to Many Medicare Beneficiaries. Journal Of Clinical Sleep Medicine 2019, 15: 245-251. PMID: 30736874, PMCID: PMC6374085, DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.7626.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.Cost-Benefit AnalysisFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHealth Services AccessibilityHistory, 18th CenturyHumansInsurance CoverageMaleMiddle AgedPatient CompliancePositive-Pressure RespirationQuality ControlRetrospective StudiesUnited StatesConceptsEvents/hAdherence criteriaPAP treatmentObstructive sleep apnea treatmentPositive airway pressure devicesWithholding of therapyApnea-hypopnea indexObstructive sleep apneaSleep apnea treatmentMedicaid Services reimbursementAdherence reportsBaseline characteristicsPAP devicesPAP adherenceAdherent participantsApnea treatmentSleep apneaNonadherent participantsAdherence dataMedicare beneficiariesAdherence patternsCMS criteriaAdherence expectationsPatientsMonths