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Article: The pursuit of accreditation: knowing the differences between American Academy of Sleep Medicine and The Joint Commission accreditation can help your lab make the best choice for accreditation.
- Article from:
- Sleep Review
- Article date:
- April 1, 2008
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Sleep facilities are proliferating as market conditions continue to place increasing importance on accreditation. Accreditation is currently a voluntary process for assessment of sleep facilities, but with more insurers requiring accreditation, it's best to know your options.
One of the most influential factors impacting market conditions has been recent policy decisions by insurance carriers to require sleep facility accreditation as a precondition for reimbursement of services. Third-party payors increasingly regard accreditation as an objective peer review of compliance with quality standards for sleep services, a commitment to ...