Advocacy
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) advocates on legislative and regulatory issues impacting the sleep medicine subspecialty. The AASM works directly with members of Congress, state legislators, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other state and federal agencies on issues of importance to the sleep medicine field.
Advocacy News
MAHA Commission releases strategy to address childhood chronic disease
On Sept. 9, the Make America Healthy Again Commission released the “Make Our Children Healthy Again Strategy,” a plan [...]
Support for clinicians affected by Texas weather emergencies
On July 31, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced that the extreme and uncontrollable circumstances (EUC) [...]
AASM responds to MAHA report’s assessment of sleep in children
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine sent a letter to the members of the Make America Healthy Again Commission [...]