Sleep Center & Laboratory Management

American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC)
Continuing Respiratory Care Education Credits (CRCE) available.

This course is designed to assist participants with a background in polysomnography to manage a sleep laboratory or center. Key points of laboratory management practices are reviewed.

This course covers:

• How to start a sleep lab (business plans, developing a policy and procedure manual).
• Overall daily laboratory/center operations.
• Legal and financial issues.
• Site requirements according to American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM).
• Equipment/supply requirements for a sleep center/laboratory.
• AASM and Joint Commission on Accrediting Hospital Organizations (JCAHO) requirements.
• Developing a program for patient education.
• Clerical and technical staff requirements and sample job descriptions.
• Marketing techniques.
• Quality assurance and performance improvement programs (AASM/JCAHO requirements).
• Reimbursement practices/issues.
• Durable Medical Equipment (DME) issues.
• Patient compliance issues.
• Medical record requirements, coding, and billing issues.