After years of advocacy from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, American Medical Association, and many other medical societies and organizations, congressional leaders have formed a Medicare payment reform working group to address long-term solutions for physician payment. U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), [...]
As of Jan. 1, 2024, another round of Medicare physician payment cuts was implemented, having grave consequences for sleep medicine professionals and their ability to continue providing high quality care to patients with sleep disorders. The AASM continues to partner with the American Medical [...]
Some physician practices will be contacted by Mathematica, which has contracted with the American Medical Association (AMA) to collect representative data on physician practice expenses via the Physician Practice Information (PPI) Survey. AASM members are encouraged to participate, if contacted, as this survey will [...]
On Jan. 18, 2024, the United States Congress passed a bill to avert a government shutdown, which was sent to President Biden’s desk for signature. This continuing resolution is essentially a stopgap to avoid the shutdown, but it does nothing to address physician payment [...]
CMS updated the 2024 Medicare physician fee schedule conversion factor, effective March 9. Learn more. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published the 2024 physician fee schedule final rule in November. An analysis of the rule, including key highlights specific to [...]
On Thursday, Nov. 16, members of the AASM Coding & Compliance Committee and Advocacy Committee joined AASM staff in traveling to Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., to advocate for physician payment reform during the AASM’s health policy Hill Day. The primary topics of discussion [...]
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) continues to work to advocate for changes to Medicare physician payment through an ongoing collaboration with the American Medical Association (AMA) and by launching independent efforts to highlight the specific challenges to sleep medicine professionals. While the [...]
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine has launched the “Act on Actigraphy” campaign highlighting the importance of actigraphy testing for sleep disorders and urging payers to reimburse health care professionals for this evidence-based medical service. Many payers still list actigraphy as “experimental” or do [...]
On Thursday, July 13, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) filed the 2024 Medicare physician fee schedule and Quality Payment Program proposed rule, which includes potential revisions to payment policies under the physician fee schedule, Quality Payment Program and other Part B [...]
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine is teaming up with the California Sleep Society to continue advocating for a change to Blue Shield of California’s current positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy reimbursement policy. The payer recently updated its Medical Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea [...]