Abu El-ella MY, Eldin HE, Malki KH, Samir MM, Abd Al-Naser NH, Mohamed AA. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ain Shams University, Egypt Abstract BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP) is a commonly used…
Neruntarat C. Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Srinakharinwirot University, Sukhumvit 23, Bangkok, 10110, Thailand, xyrata@hotmail.com Abstract Successful results of palatal implants in the treatment…
Jean-Louis Pépin, MD, PhD, Nadège Delavie, MD, Isabelle Pin, MD, Chrystèle Deschaux, MSc, Jérôme Argod, PhD, Michel Bost, MD and Patrick Levy, MD, PhD Abstract Objectives: To evaluate the additional information provided…
BALTIMORE – As part of a new screening strategy, CMS will categorize newly-enrolling DMEPOS providers as high risk for fraud beginning March 25, the agency…
Zhang D, Tashiro M, Shibuya K, Okamura N, Funaki Y, Yoshikawa T, Kato M, Yanai K. J Clin Psychopharmacol. 2010 Dec;30(6):694-701 Abstract Antihistamines often are self-administered at night as over-the-counter (OTC) sleep…
Gooneratne NS, Tavaria A, Patel N, Madhusudan L, Nadaraja D, Onen F, Richards KC. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011 Feb;59(2):297-303. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03247 Abstract OBJECTIVES: To describe the different methods that older adults…
CMS released the attached LCD covers Jurisdiction B covers Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin. Effective date 01/03/2011 Full Text 3-2011 http___www.cms.gov_medicare-coverage-database_shared_handlers_highwire.ashx_url=http___www.cms.gov_medicare-coverage-database_details_lcd-details (1) Randy ClareRandy Clare brings…
On March 3, CMS issued its Decision Memo setting out its final coverage policy on sleep testing for the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). As…
R. Nisha Aurora, MD1; Kenneth R. Casey, MD2; David Kristo, MD3; Sanford Auerbach, MD4; Sabin R. Bista, MD5; Susmita Chowdhuri, MD6 ;Anoop Karippot, MD7; Carin Lamm,…
Mohammed Albarrak, MD, D,ABSM1; Katsuhisa Banno, MD1; Ahmed Al. Sabbagh, MD, FRCPC1; Kenneth Delaive, BSc1; Randy Walld, BSc2; Jure Manfreda, MD2 ;Meir H. Kryger, MD, FRCPC…