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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|

CMS final rule implements changes to the Stark Law

On Nov. 20, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule to modernize and clarify the regulations that interpret the Medicare physician self-referral law (often called the “Stark Law”). According to CMS, the final rule creates new, permanent exceptions to [...]

2020-12-04T09:55:37-06:00November 23rd, 2020|Advocacy, Clinical Resources, Featured|

AASM advocates for reimbursement of COVID-19 practice expenses

The AASM and more than 100 other medical societies are working in collaboration with the AMA to advocate for immediate implementation of a new CPT code to facilitate reimbursement of additional practice expenses related to the COVID-19 pandemic. In September the American Medical Association [...]

2021-01-18T18:14:50-06:00November 19th, 2020|Advocacy, COVID-19|

An important time for you to support sleep advocacy

Dear AASM Members, This is an important election year, so let’s help each other out by supporting the AASM Political Action Committee. The AASM legislative agenda helps us better serve our patients and advance our field. However, it is hard to reach our goals [...]

2020-10-03T13:43:28-05:00October 3rd, 2020|Advocacy|

The AASM and SRS applaud H.Res. 1103 supporting Student Sleep Health Week, honoring Dr. Dement

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the Sleep Research Society applaud Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren and Congressman Rodney Davis for introducing House Resolution 1103 showing support for National Student Sleep Health Week. Now, during the COVID-19 pandemic, more than ever, it is critical that [...]

2020-09-18T10:51:13-05:00September 14th, 2020|Advocacy|

AASM advocates for HHS to protect planned office visit payment increases

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 [...]

2020-07-17T22:54:44-05:00July 17th, 2020|Advocacy, Clinical Resources|

AASM supports AMA advocacy for COVID-19 financial relief for providers

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 [...]

2021-01-18T18:26:58-06:00April 17th, 2020|Advocacy, COVID-19|

AASM advocates for CMS waiver for in-person PAP follow-up

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 [...]

2021-01-05T14:53:02-06:00March 17th, 2020|Advocacy, Featured, Patient Information|