On Aug. 19, 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Department of Labor, and Department of the Treasury released final rules revising portions of the federal No Surprises Act. The rules finalize three aspects of the two-part interim final rule Part [...]

The AASM continues to participate in the activities of the American Medical Association (AMA) RVS Update Committee (RUC), a unique, multi-specialty committee dedicated to describing the resources required to provide physician services and developing recommendations for the values of these services. AASM staff and [...]

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) and more than 40 other medical specialty societies signed on to a letter urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) not to move forward with the changes to split or shared visits, as finalized in [...]

The International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) Coordination and Maintenance Committee is seeking comments on proposed ICD-10 codes. The committee is a federal interdepartmental committee, which allows the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) [...]

On March 28, President Joe Biden released his 2023 proposed budget for the U.S. government. The $5.8 trillion budget proposes $127.3 billion in discretionary spending and another $1.7 trillion in mandatory spending for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The budget requests [...]

The Medicare sequestration cuts, rolled back at the beginning of the year by Congress to offset a potentially devastating reduction in physician payments, will be phased back in beginning April 1. Despite efforts by the physician community and other stakeholders to lobby Congress to [...]