Advocacy Articles
Updates about legislative and regulatory issues impacting the field of sleep medicine
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
