Over the past year, the AASM Sleep ISR team has been working to enhance the platform to provide a new educational experience for mastery level education in sleep scoring for sleep technologists, technicians, trainees and other sleep medicine professionals. We are excited to share [...]
On Dec. 16, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced an updated 2022 physician fee schedule conversion factor of $34.6062, according to McDermott+Consulting. This represents a 0.82% cut from the 2021 conversion factor of $34.8931. However, it also reflects an increase from [...]
In November the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized proposals and outlined its plans to completely restructure the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) program. This comes as no surprise, as CMS introduced the concept of MIPS Value Pathways through the rulemaking process [...]
On Dec. 9, 2021, the American Medical Association (AMA) and American Hospital Association (AHA), along with individual hospital and physicians’ plaintiffs, filed a lawsuit in federal district court against the federal government over what the plaintiffs believe is the ill-advised implementation of the federal [...]
As we approach the end of 2021, I want to highlight some of the progress we have seen in the last few months through various AASM initiatives. While this fall has been challenging in numerous ways for our members and our patients, there have [...]
Besides enjoying a tasty meal, Thanksgiving time allows us to reflect upon things that we are thankful for. It also gives us time to spend with friends, family, and loved ones as we enter the holiday season and the end of the year. This [...]
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2022 physician fee schedule final rule earlier in November. The AASM has analyzed the publication and provides the following highlights for sleep clinicians. A separate analysis of the Quality Payment Program final rule will [...]
On Nov. 12, the Food and Drug Administration issued a news release with updated findings related to the June recall of certain Philips Respironics ventilators and positive airway pressure machines due to potential health risks related to polyester-based polyurethane sound abatement foam used in [...]
On Sept. 21, the Congressional Sleep Health Caucus held its first briefing for legislative staff. The virtual briefing focused on issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic and allowed legislative staff to learn about the importance of sleep health from several sleep experts. Patient concerns, [...]
The AASM is now accepting applications for the 2022 class of AASM Fellows. In recognition of the important role that members of the sleep team play in advancing sleep care, the AASM has expanded eligibility for the prestigious Fellow standing to include members in [...]
