Advocacy Archives - American Academy of Sleep Medicine – Association for Sleep Clinicians and Researchers

AASM successfully advocates for changes to Medicare local coverage articles for home sleep apnea tests

Multiple Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) have made modifications to local coverage articles (LCAs) after the AASM advocated for the MACs to allow Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes 95800, 95801, and 95806 to be reported when home sleep apnea tests are performed in the home. [...]

2022-01-21T09:30:09-06:00January 21st, 2022|Advocacy, Clinical Resources|

AASM advocates for sleep community priorities during virtual Capitol Hill visits

On Nov. 9 and 10, 2021, a diverse group of sleep health advocates held virtual Capitol Hill visits with 11 congressional offices to advocate for legislative policies and issues important to AASM members and the larger sleep community. The meetings built on the productive [...]

2021-11-19T11:19:45-06:00November 19th, 2021|Advocacy|

First Sleep Health Caucus briefing focuses on the pandemic

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, [...]

2021-10-22T10:17:13-05:00October 22nd, 2021|Advocacy|

Represent the sleep specialty within the AMA

The AASM is up for a five-year review of its representation in the American Medical Association’s House of Delegates. Participation enables the AASM to represent the sleep specialty in two key committees overseeing practice and reimbursement issues: The AMA/Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update [...]

2021-09-07T09:33:11-05:00August 13th, 2021|Advocacy|

AASM advocates for patients affected by Philips PAP recall

The AASM and several medical societies and patient advocacy organizations submitted a letter on June 22 to the durable medical equipment (DME) Medicare administrative contractors (MACs) requesting support from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for patients affected by the recall of [...]

2021-07-07T22:04:28-05:00June 24th, 2021|Advocacy, Featured|

Sleep is essential to health: New position statement

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine board of directors has developed a new position statement declaring that sleep is a biological necessity, and insufficient sleep and untreated sleep disorders are detrimental for health, well-being and safety. The statement supports the AASM vision that, "Sleep [...]

2021-06-10T13:24:31-05:00June 10th, 2021|Advocacy, Featured|

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 14 congressional offices to advocate for policies that promote sleep health and address the AASM’s legislative and policy agenda. The AASM delegation focused on [...]

2021-05-05T09:25:55-05:00May 5th, 2021|Advocacy, Featured|

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 a comprehensive comment letter in response to the draft CPAP technology assessment and appendix posted recently by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality [...]

2021-06-17T13:48:29-05:00April 23rd, 2021|Advocacy, Featured|

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 to the physician self-referral law — known as the Stark Law — for certain value-based compensation arrangements between or among physicians, providers, and suppliers. [...]

2021-01-15T13:08:51-06:00January 15th, 2021|Advocacy, Clinical Resources|

AASM establishes Congressional Sleep Health Caucus

DARIEN, IL — The American Academy of Sleep Medicine has established a Congressional Sleep Health Caucus to emphasize the necessity of healthy sleep for optimal health and to promote high quality, patient-centered care for the millions of Americans who have sleep disorders. The caucus [...]

2020-12-02T09:01:06-06:00December 2nd, 2020|Advocacy, Featured, Press Releases|