Advocacy Articles
Updates about legislative and regulatory issues impacting the field of sleep medicine
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) is a National Obesity Care Week champion, supporting this nationwide effort to raise awareness of obesity, its treatments, weight bias, and access to care, while ensuring that the relationship between obesity and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is [...]
On Sept. 26, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a spending bill totaling $854 billion in an effort to avoid a looming government shutdown. The bill, HR 6157, passed the House through an overwhelming, bi-partisan majority vote of 361-61. With the Senate passing an [...]
The AASM recently submitted comments in response to the policy revisions proposed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in the 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program. Many of the revisions in the 2019 proposed rule, released by CMS [...]
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing to remove two AASM-stewarded obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) measures from the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) program for the 2021 payment year (and future years). The measures proposed for removal are: 276 – Sleep [...]
On Aug. 31, the last day of California’s legislative session, the Golden State’s Senate and State Assembly passed a bill to delay middle school and high school start times to begin no earlier than 8:30 a.m. The bill, SB328, was introduced in 2017 with [...]
The AASM joined almost 170 organizations in signing on to a comment letter from the American Medical Association (AMA) in response to the Evaluation and Management (E/M) coding, reimbursement, and documentation guideline revisions proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The [...]
In response to a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) request for input on how to address any undue burden of the Stark Law, the AASM submitted comments recommending exceptions for the provision of positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy for obstructive sleep apnea [...]
In response to Evaluation and Management (E/M) coding and payment changes proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the chairs of the American Medical Association CPT Editorial Panel and the AMA/Specialty Society RVS Update Committee (RUC) have formed an E/M Workgroup, [...]
The AASM collaborated with the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST), and the American Thoracic Society (ATS) to provide comments to the American Medical Association (AMA) expressing our disagreement with the decreased work RVUs for the three home [...]
The AASM is calling for volunteers to be considered for appointment as chair of the AASM Political Action Committee (AASM PAC) or as a regional AASM PAC Ambassador. All AASM members of various backgrounds and levels of experience are encouraged to apply. Volunteers should [...]