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June 1, 2018:  Is your sleep disorders center accredited?  If not, you may be risking substantial repayment to payers if your center is ever audited.  Or, you might start experiencing denial of  payment for services rendered for several states in middle and western United States.  What happened?   On February 16, 2017, CMS updated the local coverage determination pertaining to polysomnography in many states including:  Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska.  Later in 2017, many other states also adopted the new CMS language. The previous LCD version required that a sleep disorders center be accredited by either the AASM, ACHC, or The Joint Commission.   Many hospitals interpreted the language in the LCD to mean that any center that was within a Joint Commission accredited hospital was inherently accredited by association with the parent organization.  The new polysomnography LCD, however, clearly states that a sleep center must be specifically (and separately) accredited as a sleep center.  AASM (American Academy of Sleep Medicine) accreditation is familiar to almost everyone in the field of sleep medicine, and is considered by many to be the gold standard accreditation organization.  The accreditation  process used by the Joint Commission or ACHC was less well known and is very different from AASM accreditation.

At sleepstudyscoring.net, we have on staff a consultant who has participated in 35 accreditation applications and associated site visits.  We are always willing to give some advice to those who have questions about sleep center management--including Accreditation advice--at no charge.  This offer is open to anyone...whether you are our customer or not.  There are no strings attached, we just like to help.  Feel free to call our toll-free number any time--evenings, weekends, whatever.  Our toll-free number is 800.821.0017