Advocacy Articles
Updates about legislative and regulatory issues impacting the field of sleep medicine
The AASM joined the American Medical Association (AMA) and numerous other specialty societies in signing on to a July 1 letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services advocating for planned office visit payment increases. The AASM signed on to the letter [...]
During the crisis caused by the worldwide coronavirus pandemic, sleep clinicians and sleep facilities have felt the financial strain as they have had to postpone services to help slow the spread of COVID-19. That is why the AASM has supported the efforts of the [...]
Today the American Academy of Sleep Medicine submitted a request to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, urging CMS to issue a Section 1135 waiver of the positive airway pressure (PAP) requirements for in-person clinical re-evaluation. A waiver is necessary to help reduce [...]
A new information collection proposal by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and a bill recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives, address the problem of sleep disruption caused by aircraft noise in communities near airports. Numerous studies suggest that aircraft noise can be [...]
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) within the Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a notice and request for comments describing its intent to reinstate the Residential Energy Consumption Survey. The federal agency is proposing to update the survey with changes including the addition [...]
Please share the following information with your teenage patients and encourage them to enter the 2020 AASM High School Video Contest! The American Academy of Sleep Medicine invites U.S. high school students to enter the 2020 AASM High School Video Contest, which is focused [...]
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) recognizes the increasing administrative burden and costs associated with prior authorization, for both individual and facility members. In order to address these concerns, the AASM is increasing advocacy efforts to reduce the harms and burdens associated with [...]
This week the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced proposed changes to modernize and clarify the regulations that interpret the Physician Self-Referral Law (the “Stark Law”) and the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute. According to an HHS press release, the Stark Law’s new [...]
The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) is going to develop a longitudinal assessment option for its maintenance of certification (MOC) program, according to an Aug. 20 letter to the internal medicine community from Chair Marianne Green, MD, and President and Chief Executive Officer [...]
The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) has announced that maintenance of primary certification will now be optional for ABPN diplomates who have subspecialty certification in sleep medicine. The policy change allows ABPN diplomates currently certified in sleep medicine to follow the lead [...]
