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CMS loosens policies and regulations in response to COVID-19 public health emergency
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on March 30 that it has released an interim final rule summarizing revisions to CMS processes allowing for increased flexibility in providing safe and effective care during the COVID-19 pandemic. The sweeping, temporary changes were made to promote the widespread use of [...]
Coronavirus conversation with Seattle sleep physician Dr. Brandon Peters-Mathews
On March 26, 2020, AASM Public Safety Committee Vice Chair Dr. Shannon Sullivan talked with Dr. Brandon Peters-Mathews, a [...]
Don’t forget self-care in stressful times
While health care professionals, including many AASM members, are intently focused on their mission of providing patient care during the [...]
Volunteer for new Telemedicine Presidential Committee
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Kannan Ramar, MD, AASM President-Elect, has initiated the formation of a new presidential committee [...]
AASM advocates for CMS waiver for in-person PAP follow-up
Today the American Academy of Sleep Medicine submitted a request to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, urging CMS to issue a Section 1135 waiver of the positive airway pressure (PAP) requirements for in-person clinical re-evaluation. A waiver is necessary to help reduce potential exposure to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) [...]
Proposed FAA study and federal legislation address aircraft noise and sleep
A new information collection proposal by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and a bill recently introduced in the U.S. House [...]
Department of Energy proposes data collection on household CPAP use
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) within the Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a notice and request for comments [...]
AASM announces 2020 High School Video Contest
Please share the following information with your teenage patients and encourage them to enter the 2020 AASM High School Video [...]
Position statement highlights importance of sleep for physician self-care
DARIEN, IL – Physician burnout is a significantly underappreciated public safety issue, and sleep loss is often overlooked as a contributing factor, according to a new position statement published by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Sleep is essential to health, and sleep deprivation due to shift-work schedules, high workload, long [...]
Artificial intelligence could enhance diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders
DARIEN, IL – Artificial intelligence has the potential to improve efficiencies and precision in sleep medicine, resulting in more patient-centered [...]
Survey: 55% of US adults feel tired after spring daylight saving time transition
DARIEN, IL — The start of daylight saving time means many will lose an hour of sleep – and 55% [...]
Study suggests later school start times reduce car crashes, improve teen safety
DARIEN, IL — A study published online as an accepted paper in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine found that [...]
Volunteer for new Telemedicine Presidential Committee
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Kannan Ramar, MD, AASM President-Elect, has initiated the formation of a new presidential committee that will be charged with developing resources to help AASM members provide remote patient care effectively. To volunteer for the new Telemedicine Presidential Committee, please click the button below to submit [...]
AASM congratulates top JCSM reviewers of 2019
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine congratulates top reviewer Lourdes M. DelRosso, MD, and the other reviewers who made the [...]
In Memoriam: Mark Mahowald, MD (1937 – 2020)
The AASM regrets to announce the passing of longtime AASM member and sleep medicine leader Mark Mahowald, MD, on March [...]
Cast your vote in the AASM leadership election
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine invites all eligible voting members to participate in the 2020 - 2021 AASM leadership [...]
Springing ahead to daylight saving time causes increase in fatal car crash risk
Fatal car crashes increase six percent in the U.S. in the week following the change to daylight saving time, with risks highest in the morning and in locations in the western portion of a time zone, according to a study by the University of Colorado Boulder. The authors estimate that 28 [...]
Deep learning model can identify sleep stages
Researchers at the University of Eastern Finland have developed a deep learning model they claim can identify sleep stages as [...]
Sleep research in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine: Top 10 of 2019
These articles published in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine in 2019 received the most online pageviews. As the official, [...]
Watch the SLEEP 2019 keynote address by Amita Sehgal, PhD
In San Antonio, Texas, on Monday, June 10, 2019, Amita Sehgal, PhD, presented the keynote address, “Using Small Animal Models [...]
Sleep Medicine Weekly Insider – April 4, 2020
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine Weekly Insider keeps members informed about current AASM initiatives and the latest developments in [...]
CMS loosens policies and regulations in response to COVID-19 public health emergency
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on March 30 that it has released an interim final rule [...]
Coronavirus conversation with Seattle sleep physician Dr. Brandon Peters-Mathews
On March 26, 2020, AASM Public Safety Committee Vice Chair Dr. Shannon Sullivan talked with Dr. Brandon Peters-Mathews, a [...]
Don’t forget self-care in stressful times
While health care professionals, including many AASM members, are intently focused on their mission of providing patient care during the [...]
Read the spring 2020 issue of Montage
Medicine is both an art and a science. In this issue of Montage, we talk with Dr. Meir Kryger about [...]
What sleep clinicians can learn from an appreciation of art
Meir Kryger, MD, professor of medicine, Yale University School of Medicine Meir Kryger, MD, is a past president of the [...]
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