Two U.S. Medicare administrative contractors (MACs) have removed CPT code 6468 from their group 1 CPT codes, a move that may cut rates for implant of Inspire Medical Inc.'s flagship product, the ...

Around 22 million Americans have sleep apnea. Traditional continuous positive airway pressure, or CPAP, machines are the standard treatment. However, they can be loud, uncomfortable and have a pesky ...

The FDA has labeled a recall of Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.’s (NYSE:INSP) nerve-stimulating implant for obstructive sleep apnea as Class I, the most serious kind. Inspire initiated a recall of its ...

Medically reviewed by Valerie Cacho, MD Key Takeaways A sleep apnea implant sends a signal to move the tongue and keep the ...

Sleep apnea, or difficulty breathing at night, is common among children with Down syndrome—affecting up to 80% compared to just 5% of the general pediatric population. Sleep apnea can negatively ...

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Minnesota-based Inspire Medical Systems is voluntarily recalling a model of its Inspire IV Implantable Pulse Generator because of a manufacturing defect, the FDA said July 8. After implantation, the ...

While Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) affects about five percent of the general pediatric population, 80 percent of children with Down syndrome experience OSA. Continual OSA results in poor health, ...

Use of hypoglossal nerve stimulation (HGNS) may be effective for treating obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), but a higher body mass index (BMI) and supine sleeping position may decrease effects, according ...

A nerve-stimulation treatment for obstructive sleep apnea that originally was approved only for people with body mass indexes (BMIs) in the healthy range recently was extended to patients with BMIs up ...