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AASM staff, leadership and members, in coordination with AASM’s lobbying firm, McDermott+Consulting, have been working to resolve an urgent issue arising from an uptick in member audits involving claims for follow-up diagnostic sleep studies performed as required in local coverage determination policies. AASM members [...]
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine Awards Advisory Panel will accept nominations for AASM awards through Nov. 27, 2022. The awards recognize leaders who have made singular contributions to the AASM and the fields of sleep medicine and sleep and circadian research. Award recipients [...]
On Nov. 6, 2022, daylight saving time will come to an end, and those in most of the U.S. will “fall back” to standard time by setting clocks back one hour. These seasonal time changes could soon be a thing of the past. In [...]
The Sleep Research Society (SRS) and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) are calling for online abstract and session proposal reviewers for SLEEP 2023, the 37th annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, LLC (APSS). All reviewers must be able and willing to complete [...]
Starting Oct. 1, membership renewals and new memberships for the 2023 year are open. The AASM is excited to embark upon a new membership year with its valued members. Renew your AASM membership or join the AASM to continue developing your career, accessing essential [...]
On July 7, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2023 proposed rule summarizing proposed revisions to the Medicare physician fee schedule (PFS) and Quality Payment Program (QPP). AASM’s health policy team performed an analysis of the proposed rule and [...]
The modern sleep disorders center is seeing a shift in how day-to-day tasks are being performed. Artificial intelligence technology has opened the door for highly accurate auto-scoring solutions that will likely play a bigger role in AASM-accredited facilities in the future. While the [...]
Since 1977, AASM accreditation programs have helped ensure that patients with sleep disorders receive the highest quality of medical care. AASM accreditation has become the gold standard by which the medical community, patients, insurers and the public evaluate sleep medicine providers. In the field [...]
The AASM is keenly aware of issues that members have been having with coverage of diagnostic tests and treatment during audits due to inconsistencies between AASM clinical practice guidelines and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) coverage policies, as well as between CMS [...]
The AASM Accreditation Committee recently evaluated the Standards for Accreditation to ensure they are inclusive of all provider types. The AASM board of directors has approved the committee’s update to the Standards for Accreditation, effective July 1, 2022, replacing the term “APRN” with “advanced [...]