Accreditation Articles
Updates about AASM facility, independent sleep practice, and DME accreditation
Cardiology practices can participate to improve patient access to sleep apnea care DARIEN, IL – The American Academy of Sleep Medicine has launched a new accreditation program for medical practices outside the field of sleep medicine that manage patients who have a high risk [...]
The AASM is launching a new accreditation program for medical practices outside the field of sleep medicine that manage patients who have a high risk of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). At this time, only cardiology practices are eligible for the new Specialty Practice Accreditation [...]
Application simplifies the accreditation process and provides volume pricing DARIEN, IL – The American Academy of Sleep Medicine is launching a new accreditation application type to simplify the accreditation process for multi-site health systems. Sleep medicine practices and facilities that are under the same [...]
In the field of sleep medicine, it is becoming common place for accreditation programs to be associated with one another either under a hospital, large health system or multi-clinic sleep practice. To improve the accreditation experience for accreditation programs that share commonalities, the AASM [...]
The AASM has released a new resource, “Pursuing Advanced Sleep Practices: A Guide to Raising Quality Care in Sleep Medicine,” to assist accredited sleep programs in understanding how to advance their sleep practices. It encourages sleep programs to look beyond the minimum standard requirements [...]
Effective Feb. 1, 2020, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine will release updated Accreditation Process and Policies. Small changes have been made throughout the document for clarity, consistency and brevity. The Accreditation Process and Policies: At-a-Glance document summarizes the major revisions that have been [...]
National Government Services (NGS), a CMS Medicare Contractor for Medicare jurisdictions 6 (Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota) and K (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont), has released a revised medical policy article (A53019) for polysomnography and sleep studies, effective Oct. 31, 2019. [...]
The AASM has revised the Standards for Accreditation to simplify requirements that have a limited bearing on the quality of a sleep facility or independent sleep practice. These revised standards have been posted online and take effect July 1, 2019. You can now download [...]
Over the past year, the AASM Accreditation Committee has been evaluating the Standards for Accreditation after being commissioned by the AASM Board of Directors to simplify requirements that have a limited bearing on the quality of a sleep facility. These revised standards, along with [...]
In April 2017, the AASM released an Expedited Accreditation Program to assist facilities being affected by changes to their local coverage determinations (LCD). Over the past two years many have received the benefits of achieving AASM accreditation quickly. In review of this Expedited Accreditation Program, [...]
