Advocacy Articles
Updates about legislative and regulatory issues impacting the field of sleep medicine
More than 200 telehealth-related bills were introduced in 42 state legislatures in 2015, according to a new report from the National Conference of State Legislatures.
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine is asking all Oklahoma members to submit comments to a recent proposal from the Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA) that will severely limit Oklahomans from receiving therapeutic sleep care.
The AASM is requesting that you contact your Representative and Senators today to advocate for the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act (HR 1786).
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently published a special report describing its findings from the investigation of a deadly train derailment in the Bronx, New York, in 2013. Published in the November/December issue of the Annals of Family Medicine, the NTSB’s report, "Fatal Consequences: Obstructive Sleep Apnea in a Train Engineer," presents a familiar tale of driver/operator fatigue and the disastrous consequences of untreated obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
To fight for the best possible sleep care, I ask that every member take the time to donate $100 to the AASM PAC.
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates that 9.2 percent of individuals were uninsured at the time of interview from January through March 2015, a decrease of 2.3 percentage points from the 2014 uninsured rate of 11.5 percent.
As anticipated, on Monday, Nov. 2, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (H.R. 1314) was signed into law by President Barack Obama. As an integral part of the agreement, the deal includes multiple key health provisions.
Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 266-167 to advance the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (H.R. 1314), which includes key health care provisions.
Over the last four years, I have been an active supporter of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine Political Action Committee (AASM PAC).
Americans are facing a sleep debt of epidemic proportions, and the nation’s leading doctor is taking notice. At last week’s Washington Ideas Festival, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy stressed the importance of healthy, restorative sleep to preventative medicine.