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
AASM advocates for policies to promote and improve sleep health during virtual Capitol Hill visits
On April 13-14, 2021, members of the AASM Advocacy Committee and Political Action Committee held virtual Capitol Hill visits with [...]
AASM organizes multi-society response to AHRQ’s draft CPAP technology assessment
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) organized and coordinated a multi-society initiative involving 20 organizations to develop and submit [...]
CMS promotes value-based health care with Stark final rule
On Dec. 2, 2020, CMS published the much-anticipated final rule, “Modernizing and Clarifying the Physician Self-Referral Regulations,” which establishes exceptions [...]