by admin | Dec 7, 2022 | News
By: Rafael Pelayo, MD Thank you to all of you that attended our annual meeting in Sacramento. For those of you who did not make it, you really missed a great time. Please do yourself a favor and don’t miss another one. This year was one of my favorite CSS meetings...
by admin | Dec 7, 2022 | News
By: Robyn Woidtke, MSN-Ed, RN, RPSGT, CCSH, FAAST CAVEAT: I AM NOT A REIMBURSEMENT; LEGAL OR CMS EXPERT In 2021, partially in response to the Covid pandemic, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) provided an update for the use of remote and therapeutic patient...
by admin | Aug 8, 2022 | News
By: Sam Kashani, MD The severity of sleep apnea is determined on a sleep study and is typically based on the number of respiratory pauses/disruptions per hour of sleep, which is generally reflected by the RDI, or respiratory disturbance index. Keeping in mind that a...
by admin | Aug 8, 2022 | News
By: Rafael Pelayo, MD I hope all of you are in full swing enjoying the 2022 summer. It has been strange for many of us to start interacting again with each other in person. For those of us in the healthcare field, we are in a hybrid situation of keeping the strict...
by admin | Apr 25, 2022 | News
By: Eric Young, RPSGT Exiting the pandemic, there’s been an increase in electronic media consumption. More people are on TikTok, connecting through Facebook, and, of course, playing video games. A 2019 survey[1] by CommonSenseMedia.org showed 56% of 13 to...
by admin | Apr 25, 2022 | News
By: Rafael Pelayo, MD “Why not?” is the simplest answer. For years, many California Sleep Society (CSS) members, have wanted our annual meeting be in Sacramento. We will hold our first meeting there at the end of September. It does take a lot of time to...