Portable Monitoring: Different Perspectives, is a series of four webinars designed for sleep medicine specialists looking for a more in-depth overview of issues related to portable monitoring.

The application deadline for the 2009 AASM Mini-Fellowship Program for International Scholars has been extended to October 15, 2008.

The AASM is seeking volunteers to serve on the CoA PSG Board of Directors.

The APSS Program Committee invites you to become an integral part of the SLEEP 2009 meeting by submitting an abstract or coordinating and submitting a session proposal.

For the first time, the APSS Program Committee requests early submission of a brief letter of intent to submit a symposium proposal for SLEEP 2009.

The Office of the Inspector General (OIG), which is the investigative wing of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), will conduct investigations of Medicare billing for sleep-related services.

The presentations in the Board Review Series review topics that are covered on the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Sleep Medicine subspecialty certification exam.

The AASM presented four performance measures for obstructive sleep apnea to the AMA Consortium.

Three DME carriers have scheduled public meetings to receive and review comments from interested parties regarding recently-released draft local coverage determination (LCD) policies, including "Oral Appliance Therapy for Obstructive Sleep Apnea."

Last week California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed Senate Bill 1526 (SB 1526), which proposed educational and training requirements for sleep technologists.

Unique study is the first to successfully use instrumental sensorimotor rhythm conditioning (ISC) in a healthy human population to enhance sleep spindles, decrease sleep onset latency and increase memory performance.

Objective and subjective measures show that postmenopausal women slept longer than premenopausal women but felt less satisfied with the quality of sleep.

A unique longitudinal study is the first to analyze insomnia in adolescents both in association with mental health problems during adolescence and as a risk factor for mental health problems in young adulthood.

This slide set will help you sail through the accreditation process.

NIH Director Elias A. Zerhouni, MD, on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008, announced his plans to step down at the end of October 2008 to pursue writing projects and explore other professional opportunities.

The House and Senate on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008, approved compromise mental health parity legislation, but the chambers have not agreed on a funding mechanism.

Last week the four DME carriers, CIGNA, NGS, NHIC and Noridian, published their revised local coverage determination (LCD) policy for CPAP.

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine announces a Young Investigator Research Forum to be held April 15-16, 2009, at the NIH Natcher Conference Center, Bethesda, Md.

The ASMF is pleased to announce the American Board of Sleep Medicine (ABSM) Junior Faculty Research Award and the Physician Scientist Training Award.

The DME contractors on September 18 issued a draft policy regarding application of Medicare coverage for oral appliances prescribed for patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).

This brochure is intended to be distributed to referring physicians in your community. It outlines the benefits of choosing an accredited facility for a patient's sleep evaluation.

It is with great sorrow that the American Academy of Sleep Medicine informs its members of the untimely passing of long-time and esteemed member Wayne Hening, MD, PhD.

CMS announced that will exempt physicians and other licensed health care professionals from the current accreditation requirements for suppliers of Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS).

CMS announced that First Coast Service Options, Inc. (FCSO) has been awarded a contract, of up to five years, for the combined administration of Part A and Part B Medicare claims payment in Florida, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands.

Portable Monitoring: Different Perspectives, is a series of four webinars designed for sleep medicine specialists looking for a more in-depth overview of issues related to portable monitoring.