Documentation Issues Drive Sleep Survey Deficiencies

By: Deborah Panza, BS, RRT, RPSGT, Associate Program Director

Deborah Panza leads teams focused on Sleep, DMEPOS, and Dentistry Accreditation.  As a licensed registered respiratory therapist and a registered polysomnographic technologist, Deborah is an ideal advocate for providers. She is committed to empowering ACHC customers with education on how to use the accreditation process to add value, improve business efficiency, and elevate patient care.

Posted: November 3, 2025

Surveyors find gaps in compliance. It’s their job to help you see what may have become obscured in day-to-day activity. ACHC’s educational approach makes it easier to welcome those observations and make improvements for better patient care and a high-reliability organization. 

Documentation remains the leading compliance challenge for sleep facilities, according to the latest Quality Review edition of Surveyor, our annual report of top deficiencies for ACHC programs.

The most-cited standard underscores an ongoing issue with missing or incomplete documentation for many sleep facilities. Examples of recent survey findings highlight familiar shortcomings:

• Client/patient records were missing pre- and post-testing questionnaires.
• Home sleep testing client/patient records lacked documentation of the type of device used for the study.

New this year

Continuous improvement is woven into all we do at ACHC, including the annual Quality Review edition of Surveyor. In our recent issue, “tips for compliance” under each standard profile are enhanced to address varying levels of accreditation knowledge and experience across your agency. Explore our new Accreditation Nerd categories to see which is best for you. 

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