Apply by April 1 for Summer Institute to Increase Diversity in Behavioral Medicine & Sleep Disorders Research
Applications are being accepted for the SUNY Downstate PRIDE Summer Institute Program to Increase Diversity in Behavioral Medicine and Sleep Disorders Research. The PRIDE Summer Institute, which is an all-expense-paid research career advancement opportunity sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), will support 12 trainees from underrepresented minority backgrounds and those with disabilities.
NIH Seeks Public Comment on Potential Programs to Facilitate Neuroscience Research
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical and Translational Science Award program (CTSA) Neuroscience Research Trans-NIH Workgroup is seeking public comment on potential programs to facilitate neuroscience research using existing or new research resources (Notice Number NOT-NS-11-007).
AADSM Launches Dental Sleep Medicine Facility Accreditation Program
Dental Sleep Medicine Facility Accreditation is a voluntary process create to evaluate and recognize competency and delivery of optimal care to dental sleep medicine patients. The American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine (AADSM) is now accepting applications.
CMS to Host National Provider Education Calls for Electronic Health Record Incentive Program
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will hold two national provider education calls for professionals and hospitals about registration for the Medicare Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Program.
Office of the Inspector General Publishes 2011 Work Plan
The OIG work plan for fiscal year 2011 describes audits and evaluations underway and under development. The plan provides readers with insight into the main areas under investigation by the OIG and outlines the OIG's enforcement and compliance activities. Login to find out the sleep-related initiatives included in the work plan for 2011.
Apply for ASMF Humanitarian Projects Award by Friday, April 1
A new grant opportunity from the American Sleep Medicine Foundation (ASMF) is the Humanitarian Projects Award, which addresses sleep problems or sleep education needs in disadvantaged populations. Applicants should be physicians, allied health-care providers, hospitals, schools or non-profit community or civic groups. The application deadline is April 1, 2011.
SLEEP 2011: Spotlight on Discussion Groups and Clinical Workshops
SLEEP 2011 discussion groups are forums for informal presentations of a specific topic, which may include conversations on controversial subjects or pro/con discussions and presentations, while clinical workshops may include presentations or discussions of controversial clinical topics or difficult clinical situations that demonstrate the critical thinking process in clinical sleep medicine.
Internet Program Reduces Infant and Toddler Sleep Problems, Helps Moms Sleep
Free online tool provides parents with access to customized sleep tips and support. The Internet-based intervention is effective at reducing infant and toddler sleep disturbances, as well as providing positive, indirect benefits for maternal sleep, mood and confidence.
Vote for Your Primary Section Chair Before Friday, March 25
In order to give each section the best opportunity to contribute to the AASM, section chairs are elected. These chairs serve to fulfill the section’s mandate, spearhead the selection and implementation of the section’s annual initiatives, facilitate the section’s annual meeting and represent section members to the Board of Directors.
Dr. Howard Bauchner Named New Editor-in-Chief of JAMA
The American Medical Association announced that Howard C. Bauchner, MD, will become the next JAMA Editor-in-Chief on July, 1, 2011, making him the 16th editor in the journal's 127-year history.
CDC Reports that U.S. Life Expectancy Continues to Rise
Life expectancy at birth increased to 78.2 years in 2009, up slightly from 78.0 years in 2008, according to the preliminary 2009 death statistics reported by the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics.
AASM Acknowledges March Contributions to the ISR Testing Program
Each month a new set of 200 consecutive epochs from a sleep record is posted online for the AASM Inter-scorer Reliability Testing Program. This convenient online program provides sleep centers, educational programs and research labs with the opportunity to compare the scoring ability of their staff and students with the AASM Gold Standard Scorer.
AASM Seeks Example Grant Applications for Mock Review Sessions at Young Investigator Research Forum
The AASM needs members to submit the scientific portion of one of your sleep-related R01 or R21 grant applications for use during the mock grant review session at the third-annual AASM Young Investigator Research Forum in April.
Medicare Primary Care Incentive Payment (PCIP) Eligibility Data Updated on Contractor Websites
Physicians who are identified by Medicare as primary care physicians with a specific percent of Part B allowed charges for primary care services are eligible for a 10 percent bonus payment. Physicians wishing to confirm eligibility must visit contractor websites.
Physicians Scheduled To Receive 29.5% Medicare Pay Cut in 2012
Medicare officials recently announced that physicians face a 29.5-percent cut in Medicare reimbursement in 2012 unless lawmakers act to prevent the reduction.
Download Application for Out of Center Sleep Testing Accreditation
Sleep service entities interested applying for the new AASM program, Accreditation of Out of Center Sleep Testing for Adult Patients, may download the application available in the Accreditation section of this website. Sleep disorders centers currently accredited by the AASM only need to complete and return the attestation form previously sent by e-mail.
IOM Recognizes Sufficient Sleep as a Key Objective in “Healthy People 2020”
In December the AASM reported that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services included four sleep health objectives in “Healthy People 2020.” The new 10-year plan covers 42 topics and nearly 600 objectives for health promotion and disease prevention. This week the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies announced that it had identified one of these sleep health objectives as one of the 24 key objectives in the plan.
SLEEP 2011: Spotlight on Meet the Professor and Lunch and Learn Sessions
Each year throughout the meeting, the APSS offers several lunch sessions, which fill up quickly. Meet the professor sessions feature an expert in the field leading an informal discussion on a topic within their area of expertise, and lunch and learn: pro/con debate sessions feature two experts debating two sides of a current topic in sleep medicine or sleep research.
LAST CALL: Submit SLEEP 2011 Late-Breaking Abstracts by Wednesday, March 23
Late-breaking abstracts will be presented during a scientific session on Wednesday, June 15, 2011, from 12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Up to five abstracts will be accepted for oral presentations in which authors will present their high-quality emerging data found between December 2010 and March 2011.
AASM Urges Members to Support Disaster Relief Efforts in Japan
The AASM board of directors expresses its deepest sympathies for the people of Japan, who endured a devastating earthquake and tsunami late last week. A rapid and generous response by the sleep medicine community is needed today to provide people with the basic necessities for survival.
Safety and Efficacy of Hypnotic Drugs Workshop is May 10-11
The FDA Division of Neurology Products in conjunction with PERI will host the Safety and Efficacy of Hypnotic Drugs worshop in Bethseda, MD. The workshop will focus on insomnia, study population selections, end-points and efficacy assessments. The second day will center on the safety of insomnia drugs, in particular on the assessment of next-day function, including psychomotor vigilance and driving testing.
Moderate Sleep Loss Impairs Vigilance and Attention in Children with ADHD
The daytime performance of children with ADHD deteriorated to the clinical range of inattention after mean nightly sleep loss of about 55 minutes for six nights. The results suggest that even moderate sleep loss could have a negative effect on the academic performance of children with ADHD.
Apply for ASMF Humanitarian Projects Award by April 1
The ASMF is interested in projects that develop or promote novel approaches to address human suffering in under-served populations as it relates to inadequate or non-restorative sleep, or sleep disorders in disadvantaged groups. Awards will be granted for one-year in amounts ranging from $1,000 to $17,000.
AASM Seeks Example Grant Applications for Mock Review Sessions at Young Investigator Research Forum
The Young Investigator Research forum helps shape careers in clinical and translational sleep medicine research by interacting with NIH program officers as well as seasoned clinical sleep scientists over two days.
Deadline Approaching for Full-Day AASM Workshop on Scoring
The AASM Scoring of Sleep Workshop, scheduled for April 16, 2011, will provide the necessary background and explanations to understand the rules of the AASM Manual for the Scoring of Sleep and Associated Events, and is ideal for both sleep technicians and technologists as well as physicians new to the field who wish to gain a basic review of scoring.