Advocacy Articles
Updates about legislative and regulatory issues impacting the field of sleep medicine
This week the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced proposed changes to modernize and clarify the regulations that interpret the Physician Self-Referral Law (the “Stark Law”) and the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute. According to an HHS press release, the Stark Law’s new [...]
The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) is going to develop a longitudinal assessment option for its maintenance of certification (MOC) program, according to an Aug. 20 letter to the internal medicine community from Chair Marianne Green, MD, and President and Chief Executive Officer [...]
The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) has announced that maintenance of primary certification will now be optional for ABPN diplomates who have subspecialty certification in sleep medicine. The policy change allows ABPN diplomates currently certified in sleep medicine to follow the lead [...]
Are you an expert in a sleep subject? Have you had an experience that you could share that would benefit your peers and help advance sleep advocacy? The American Alliance for Healthy Sleep (AAHS) is soliciting session proposals for two, half-hour educational sessions to [...]
The AASM joined almost 120 organizations in signing on to a letter from the American Medical Association (AMA) urging Congressional leaders to implement technical improvements to the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) to improve the program and ensure the success of participating [...]
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine congratulates the three students who were selected as the winners of the 2019 AASM “Sleep Works for You” High School Video Contest, which focused on motivating teens to prioritize the importance of sleep in their lives. More than [...]
On Thursday, April 4, an American Academy of Sleep Medicine delegation visited Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., for meetings at the offices of more than 35 legislators to advocate for policies to promote sleep health. Joining members of the AASM board of directors for [...]
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma identified several priorities for the agency during the recent 2019 CMS Quality Conference. The event, held Jan. 29-31 in Baltimore, brought together 3,000 leaders from across the health care spectrum to discuss quality improvement. [...]
The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) recently posted a report drafted by the “Continuing Board Certification: Vision for the Future Commission,” which reviewed the purpose and framework of the current maintenance of certification (MOC) process. In response to the draft report, the American [...]
The Sleep Health topic area and objectives that were in Healthy People 2020 have been included by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in the proposed structure for Healthy People 2030. Healthy People focuses on critical health promotion and disease prevention topics, [...]