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The American Academy of Sleep Medicine is calling for online abstract and session proposal reviewers for SLEEP 2019. Reviewer volunteers are asked to submit a CV, as well as the volunteer interest form. Session proposal reviewers must be available to review in the first [...]
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 [...]
The AASM appreciates your support this past year, and we look forward to your continued commitment in 2019. Together we represent a significant voice and as a group, we make a positive difference in the field of sleep medicine. Membership renewals for the 2019 [...]
The AASM Payer Policy Review Committee recently developed new scorecards for eight payer policies, focusing on diagnostic testing for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in adults. The committee evaluated the insurers’ policies and assigned a score based on nine criteria, aligned with the AASM’s Clinical [...]
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 [...]
Dear Carolina Members: As Hurricane Florence approaches the coastal Carolinas, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) board of directors is deeply concerned about the safety and well-being of our colleagues. A dangerous Category 4 hurricane, Florence is expected to be one of the [...]
DARIEN, IL – The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) has issued a request for proposals to establish for the field of sleep medicine a Qualified Clinical Data Registry (QCDR) that meets the criteria established by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (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 [...]