Kimberly Belanger Joins National Sleep Therapy as Healthy Advantage Specialist

We are excited to announce that Kimberly Belanger has joined National Sleep Therapy as Healthy Advantage Specialist. She joins our team of sleep specialists that uses our new and innovative healthcare process which helps people using CPAP achieve the best results and health outcomes. She will work with patients throughout their CPAP usage to give a personal touch and ensure their equipment is functioning perfectly. Kimberly brings to National Sleep Therapy five years’ experience in healthcare and customer service. Her volunteer work in New Hampshire state programs, such as Healthy Kids, further developed her compassion and skills in customer service in an often challenging environment. “National Sleep Therapy is the perfect fit for me. Their fundamental goal is patient success and I am motivated by helping people succeed.”

Kimberly has a Health Claims Specialist degree from the Seacoast Career School in Manchester, NH where she was named to the Director’s List and recognized for her peer mentoring.

“We are happy to have someone with Kimberly’s passion for advocating for patients and delighting customers. We look forward to her joining our growing team of sleep specialists.” said Peter Falkson, CEO of National Sleep Therapy.

CPAP Outcome Score (COS), Our New Sleep Measurement

Sleep therapy compliance is the key to improving your health and your life. National Sleep Therapy is developing a new and easy method to assess the efficacy of CPAP therapy in a way that is relevant to patient outcome and lifestyle improvement. We are calling the new method CPAP Outcome Score or COS. We believe success should be measured by more than the isolated metric of usage hours.

SLEEP 2012 Medical Conference in Boston, MA

National Sleep Therapy is honored to be an expert presenter at the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS) SLEEP Medical Conference in Boston, Massachusetts from June 9-13, 2012. The SLEEP Medical Conference is the premier event each year for the sleep medical industry. It attracts more than 5,500 sleep medicine and sleep research professionals due to its comprehensive and in-depth coverage of the latest topics and issues in sleep medicine.

National Sleep Therapy Submits Innovation Challenge Proposal

Last week National Sleep Therapy submitted a 70-page proposal to the Centers for Medicare as part of the CMS Healthcare Innovation Challenge. The proposal detailed its plans for substantially expanding its current ECOsystem of patient care that empowers patients and more seamlessly brings together the patient, physician, and CPAP provider.

Shaq Attacks Sleep Apnea

Think it's not cool to wear a breathing mask for chronic snoring? Well, Boston Celtics star Shaquille O'Neal recently got one, and he says -- in the video below produced by Harvard Medical School's Division of Sleep Medicine -- that he intends to wear it every night.