Advocacy Articles
Updates about legislative and regulatory issues impacting the field of sleep medicine
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced today that a semitractor-trailer driver’s fatigue contributed to a 2015 multi-vehicle crash near Chattanooga, Tennessee, in which six people died and four were injured.
This edition of our AASM election news coverage will focus on the health care legislation the 114th Congress is expected to consider before the end of the year.
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The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) recently released the report, Medicaid Graduate Medical Education Payments: A 50-State Survey, which updates previous reports on state Medicaid GME policies.
The public hearing scheduled for Sept. 21 to discuss a study proposal that addresses the cost of sleep studies has been postponed by the Oklahoma legislature until Oct. 27.
This edition of the AASM coverage of the 2016 election focuses on the health care platforms for the Republican and Democratic candidates in competitive Senate races in Illinois, Nevada, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.
Although our AASM election news coverage has been focusing recently on health care in the presidential race, there are several state health care measures being voted on in November that may affect your practice.
Earlier this week, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced a request for comments on its newly published guideline addressing Distracted and Drowsy Driving.
Earlier this week, AASM Past President Dr. Nathaniel Watson represented the AASM at a public meeting of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Medical Review Board (MRB).
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine encourages members to contact your U.S. representatives and senators, urging them to co-sponsor federal legislation that has been introduced to increase support for graduate medical education (GME).