Advocacy Articles
Updates about legislative and regulatory issues impacting the field of sleep medicine
To help members evaluate the campaign proposals of the two U.S. presidential candidates, the AASM has compiled a summary of the health care platforms of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
The chances that either Clinton or Trump’s health care platform becomes law will depend on a number of variables, one of which includes the results of the upcoming Senate and House elections.
Earlier this week, the National Transportation Safety Board released “Safer Seas Digest 2015,” which describes the 29 marine accidents that the NTSB investigated in 2015.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Medical Review Board (MRB) will have a public meeting on Aug. 22-23, 2016, to address the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) issued by the FMCSA and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on safety-sensitive rail and commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers with moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
Earlier this week, the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) issued the report, "Wake Up Call! Understanding Drowsy Driving and What States Can Do."
This side-by-side comparison addresses issues that most affect your sleep practice.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued a solicitation for a contractor to conduct a national survey of a randomly selected sample of drivers on their attitudes, behavior and awareness of drowsy driving.
Earlier this week, the Democratic Party adopted its 2016 Platform, which includes a number of policy positions related to health care.
Earlier this week the Republican Party approved its 2016 policy platform, which includes a number of policy positions related to Medicare and other federal health programs.
On July 12 the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing, which was attended by AASM staff, to examine ways to improve and reform the physician self-referral “Stark” Law. Testimony was provided on how the Stark Law has become increasingly unnecessary for, and a significant impediment to, value-based payment models that Congress and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will be requiring.