Advocacy Articles
Updates about legislative and regulatory issues impacting the field of sleep medicine
As a part of the ongoing initiative to advocate for physician payment reform, the AASM has launched an online campaign to urge Congress to avert drastic reductions in physician payment in 2023. The AASM encourages you to send the campaign letter to your U.S. [...]
Over the years, sleep medicine physicians have seen continuous reductions in reimbursements, not only because of decreases in physician work due to advances in technology, but largely due to lower conversion factors, budget neutrality, and implementation of payment adjustment sequestration. Diverting the Medicare physician [...]
Physicians will always prioritize patient needs, even when that means placing themselves at risk, as was the case during the darkest days of the COVID-19 public health emergency. When the nation needed health care providers, you were there. One thing we ask in return [...]
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine applauds Congress for swiftly passing the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, which was signed into law by President Biden. The law provides $52.7 billion for American semiconductor research, development, manufacturing, and workforce development. Additionally, it initiates a [...]
DARIEN, IL – The American Academy of Sleep Medicine opposes the Sunshine Protection Act (S. 623), which was abruptly passed by the Senate in March and would establish permanent daylight saving time in the U.S. in November 2023. The AASM supports permanent standard time, [...]
Members of the AASM board of directors were on Capitol Hill today to advocate for several legislative and policy priorities related to sleep health. The Hill Day comprised more than 20 in-person and virtual meetings with legislative staff in addition to meetings with Rep. [...]
DARIEN, IL – The American Academy of Sleep Medicine applauds the Senate for passing a bill to establish a national, fixed, year-round time in the U.S. We agree with Senator Marco Rubio, sponsor of the Sunshine Protection Act, that eliminating the biannual time changes [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
