Advocacy Articles
Updates about legislative and regulatory issues impacting the field of sleep medicine
In the final week of August, AASM staff traveled to Des Moines, IA for the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators’ Annual International Conference. During the weeklong event, the AASM’s health policy team brought awareness to drowsy driving, the cause of 21% of fatal car crashes in America.
On Tuesday, July 7, the Medicare Telehealth Parity Act of 2015 (H.R. 2948) was introduced in the House of Representatives.
The 3rd annual AASM PAC Breakfast, held at SLEEP 2015 in Seattle, convened as a resounding success. Each year the breakfast has become bigger and better than the last.
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Today several members of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine board of directors are on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., conducting 23 targeted meetings with federal lawmakers from both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.
On Wednesday, May 20, members of the AASM board of directors will join AASM staff on Washington D.C.’s Capitol Hill to conduct 23 targeted meetings with federal lawmakers from both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.
American Academy of Sleep Medicine members are encouraged to attend the 3rd Annual AASM PAC Breakfast on Tuesday, June 9, at SLEEP 2015 in Seattle. Washington State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler, an expert in both health insurance and the Affordable Care Act, will be the keynote speaker.
Last week, after years of physician advocacy, a bill repealing the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula was signed into law. Thanks to this new law, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, a 21% cut to physician payment will not be implemented. In addition, the legislation includes a number of new provisions that will help shape payment in years to come.
The wait is over. As expected, President Barack Obama signed the repeal of Medicare’s SGR into law on Thursday, April 16, touting the bill (H.R. 2) as a bi-partisan, common-sense effort.
In the final hours of last night, the U.S. Senate passed legislation which finally expels Medicare’s irresponsible and broken Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR), a measure that has annually threatened the livelihoods of physicians and patient access to care. This landmark legislation, one that protects physicians against a 21% pay cut from Medicare, is proof that when physicians raise their voices, Congress will listen.