Advocacy Articles
Updates about legislative and regulatory issues impacting the field of sleep medicine
U.S. Representatives Joe Heck (R-Nev.) and Allyson Schwartz (D-Pa.) will release details of a new proposal that aims to repeal the sustainable growth rate formula that sets Medicare physician payment rates.
Members of the AASM Government Relations team will travel to Washington, D.C. to participate in the May 30-31 meeting of the National Institute of Health (NIH) Sleep Disorders Research Advisory Board (SDRAB). The AASM and the SDRAB will discuss the sleep and circadian research developments and the NIH sleep research plan and provide updates.
The AASM presented at the Oklahoma Sleep Society meeting conducted on Saturday, April 28.
Maryland House Bill 827 (HB 827) & Senate Bill 776 (SB 776) have been submitted to Governor Martin O'Malley for signature.
Please join the AASM government relations specialists on Tuesday, June 12 at 9:00am at SLEEP 2012 to learn about Health Care Reform and Sleep Medicine. Charles Buck, JD, a partner in the law firm McDermott Will & Emery LLP, will identify health care legal trends and describe how the health care reform law will impact sleep medicine.
It is vital that the AASM continue our advocacy efforts during the 2012 election. Elected representatives place a high value on advocacy involvement. By contributing to the AASM PAC, you will join with other concerned members of the sleep community who are interested in shaping the outlook of sleep medicine, sleep research and our healthcare and public health system.
Medicare's hospital insurance fund is expected to become insolvent in 2024, a projection unchanged from last year, according to a report by the board of trustees for Medicare and Social Security.
The AASM has signed onto a letter which responds to CMS’ proposed rule on Reporting and Returning Overpayments. As you may know, the proposal obligates physicians to report and return overpayments that if not completed carries significant legal and financial penalties.
After three days of oral arguments, the Supreme Court's conservative justices generally seemed skeptical of the constitutionality of the federal health reform law while liberal justices often came to the law's defense.
The Supreme Court has retreated from the public spotlight to get to work on a series of appeals that will determine the future of health care law in the United States.