COVID-19 Resources
The AASM is committed to equipping sleep medicine professionals, accredited sleep facilities, and other health care providers with resources and information to promote health and safety during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Clinicians can send your sleep-related questions, suggestions and feedback about COVID-19 to the AASM at covid@aasm.org.
Clinical Guidance
- Update from the AASM COVID-19 Task Force | January 2021
- Summary of CDC recommendations relevant for sleep practices during COVID-19
- Considerations for the practice of sleep medicine during COVID-19
- COVID-19: FAQs for Sleep Clinicians
- Clinical Conversations: COVID-19 (Videos)
- COVID-19 & Sleep Medicine Update – AASM Presidential Town Hall Forum | January 2021 (Video)
- COVID-19 & Sleep Medicine – AASM Presidential Town Hall Forum | September 2020 (Video)
Coding & Reimbursement
- COVID-19 Health Policy and Legislative Update webinar (Video)
- CMS loosens policies and regulations in response to COVID-19 public health emergency
- Sleep Medicine Codes
- Telemedicine Codes
- Coding FAQs
Telemedicine
- CMS expands Medicare coverage for telemedicine due to COVID-19
- Introducing Telemedicine Into Your Sleep Practice (Video)
- Telemedicine Video Library
- Telemedicine Lecture Series
- Telemedicine
Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
Patients
- Coronavirus FAQs: CPAP tips for sleep apnea patients
- COVID-19 and Sleep: Questions from the Public (Video)
Other Resources
The COVID-19 section of the CDC website has information and recommendations for health care providers, including:
- CDC COVID Data Tracker
- Vaccines.gov
- Interim Public Health Recommendations for Fully Vaccinated People (Updated July 28)
- When You’ve Been Fully Vaccinated (Updated July 27)
- Science Brief: Background Rationale and Evidence for Public Health Recommendations for Fully Vaccinated People (Updated July 27)
- Updated Healthcare Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations in Response to COVID-19 Vaccination (Updated April 27)
- Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Healthcare Personnel During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic (Updated Feb. 23)
- COVID-19 Vaccination: Clinical Resources
- COVID-19 ACIP Vaccine Recommendations
- 8 Things to Know about the U.S. COVID-19 Vaccination Program
- Prepare your practice for COVID-19 (includes signs and a patient handout)
- Definition of close contact
- Overview of Testing for SARS-CoV-2
- Using Telehealth to Expand Access to Essential Health Services during the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Framework for Healthcare Systems Providing Non-COVID-19 Clinical Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Ten Ways Healthcare Systems Can Operate Effectively during the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Environmental Infection Control Guidelines
- Information for Healthcare Professionals about Coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Transmission-Based Precautions
- CDC Activities and Initiatives Supporting the COVID-19 Response and the President’s Plan for Opening America Up Again
- Guidance for Evaluating Persons Under Investigation (PUI)
- Using Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Personal Protective Equipment: Questions and Answers
- Clinical Questions about COVID-19: Questions and Answers
- Interim Guidelines for COVID-19 Antibody Testing
- Coronavirus Symptom Self-Checker
- Interim Guidance: Wearing of face masks while on public conveyances and at stations, ports, and similar transportation hubs
- CDC to require negative COVID-19 test for air travelers from the United Kingdom to the U.S. (Dec. 24, 2020)
- CDC updates “How COVID is Spread” webpage (Oct. 5)
- CDC updates, expands list of people at risk of severe COVID-19 illness (June 25)
- CDC releases consolidated COVID-19 testing recommendations (June 13)
- CDC updates COVID-19 transmission webpage to clarify information about types of spread (May 22)
- Implementing safety practices for critical infrastructure workers who may have had exposure to a person with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 (April 8)
- COVIDView: A weekly surveillance summary of U.S. COVID-19 activity (April 4)
- Recommendation regarding the use of cloth face coverings, especially in areas of significant community-based transmission (April 3)
CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
- Summary of guidance for public health strategies to address high levels of community transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and related deaths (Dec. 4, 2020)
- Race, ethnicity, and age trends in persons who died from COVID-19 — United States, May–August 2020 (Oct. 16)
- COVID-19 Trends Among School-Aged Children — United States, March 1–September 19, 2020 (Sept. 28)
- Changing age distribution of the COVID-19 pandemic — United States, May–August 2020 (Sept. 23)
- Characteristics of persons who died with COVID-19 — United States, February 12–May 18, 2020 (July 10)
- Coronavirus disease 2019 case surveillance — United States, January 22–May 30, 2020 (June 19)
- COVID-19 in correctional and detention facilities — United States (May 6)
- Public health response to the initiation and spread of pandemic COVID-19 in the United States (May 1)
- Characteristics and clinical outcomes of adult patients hospitalized with COVID-19 — Georgia (April 29)
- Characteristics of health care personnel with COVID-19 — United States (April 14)
- Transmission of COVID-19 to health care personnel during exposures to a hospitalized patient (April 14)
- Geographic differences in COVID-19 cases, deaths, and incidence — United States (April 10)
- Community transmission of SARS-CoV-2 at two family gatherings — Chicago (April 8)
- Coronavirus disease 2019 in children — United States (April 6)
- Presymptomatic transmission of SARS-CoV-2 — Singapore (April 1)
- Preliminary estimates of the prevalence of selected underlying health conditions among patients with coronavirus disease 2019 – United States (March 31)
- Asymptomatic and presymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections in residents of a long-term care skilled nursing facility – Washington (March 27)
- Public health responses to COVID-19 outbreaks on cruise ships — worldwide (March 23)
- Severe outcomes among patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) — United States (March 18)
- FDA issues emergency use authorization for third COVID-19 vaccine (Feb. 27, 2021)
- FDA takes additional action in fight against COVID-19 by issuing emergency use authorization for second COVID-19 vaccine (Dec. 18, 2020)
- FDA issues emergency use authorization for first COVID-19 vaccine (Dec. 11)
- FDA authorizes emergency use for Lumin on N95 respirators (Dec. 3)
- FDA authorizes emergency use for PortPatch CPAP mask filter (Nov. 23)
- FDA authorizes drug combination for treatment of COVID-19 (Nov. 19)
- FDA authorizes first COVID-19 test for self-testing at home (Nov. 17)
- FDA approves first treatment for COVID-19 (Oct. 22)
- The FDA has issued emergency use authorization to Circadiance for its SleepWeaver Prevent CPAP Mask (July 13)
- Certain COVID-19 Serology/Antibody Tests Should Not Be Used – Letter to Clinical Laboratory Staff and Health Care Providers (June 19)
- Emergency Use Authorization: Gowns and Other Apparel (May 22)
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) update: FDA authorizes first diagnostic test using at-home collection of saliva specimens (May 8)
- Helpful questions and answers about coronavirus (COVID-19) and your pets (April 30)
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) update: FDA authorizes first test for patient at-home sample collection (April 21)
- Important Information on the Use of Serological (Antibody) Tests for COVID-19 – Letter to Health Care Providers (April 17)
- Ventilator supply mitigation strategies: letter to health care providers (March 22)
- FDA advises patients on use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for COVID-19 (March 19)
- Is one vaccine dose enough after COVID-19 infection? (Feb. 23, 2021)
- Study of healthcare workers shows COVID-19 immunity lasts many months (Dec. 8, 2020)
- NIH-funded tool helps organizations plan COVID-19 testing (Dec. 7)
- Two studies show COVID-19 antibodies persist for months (Oct. 20)
- COVID-19 vaccine appears well-tolerated and effective in developing antibodies in small study of older adults (Oct. 13)
- Study finds people have short-lived immunity to seasonal coronaviruses (Sept. 29)
- Discussing the need for reliable antibody testing for COVID-19 (June 4)
- Study finds nearly everyone who recovers from COVID-19 makes coronavirus antibodies (May 7)
- The challenge of tracking COVID-19’s stealthy spread (April 23)
- NIAID strategic plan details COVID-19 research priorities (April 23)
- Expert U.S. panel develops NIH treatment guidelines for COVID-19 (April 21)
- NIH begins study to quantify undetected cases of coronavirus infection (April 10)
- To beat COVID-19, social distancing is a must (March 19)
- New coronavirus stable for hours on surfaces (March 17)
- Finalizes permanent expansion of Medicare telehealth services and improved payment for time doctors spend with patients (Dec. 1, 2020)
- Drives telehealth services in Medicaid and Medicare (Oct. 14)
- Re-opening facilities to provide non-emergent non-COVID-19 healthcare: Phase II (June 8)
- Re-opening America: What patients should know about seeking healthcare (June 8)
- Re-opening facilities to provide non-emergent non-COVID-19 healthcare: Phase I (April 19)
- Sweeping regulatory changes to help U.S. healthcare system address COVID-19 patient surge (March 30)
- Additional background: sweeping regulatory changes to help U.S. healthcare system address COVID-19 patient surge (March 30)
- Physicians and other clinicians: CMS flexibilities to fight COVID-19 (March 30)
- Durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies: CMS flexibilities to fight COVID-19 (March 30)
- Recommendations on adult elective surgeries, non-essential medical, surgical, and dental procedures during COVID-19 response (March 18)
- Expands telehealth benefits for Medicare beneficiaries during COVID-19 outbreak (March 17)
- OSHA: Emergency temporary standard to protect health care workers (June 10, 2021)
- AMA: Finalizes new CPT code for COVID-19 expenses (Sept. 10, 2020)
- WHO: “Immunity passports” in the context of COVID-19 (April 24)
- White House: Guidelines – Opening up America again (April 16)
- AMA: AMA urges states to use science, data as they reopen economy (April 16)
- OSHA: Enforcement guidance for respiratory protection and the N95 shortage due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic (April 3)
- Mount Sinai: Turns hundreds of machines for sleep apnea into hospital ventilators, shares instructions worldwide (April 3)
- AJRCCM: Sleep apnea and COVID-19 mortality and hospitalization (Nov. 15, 2020)
- NEJM: Facial masking for Covid-19 — potential for “variolation” as we await a vaccine (Oct. 29)
- Sleep and Breathing: Obstructive sleep apnea and risk of COVID-19 infection, hospitalization and respiratory failure (Sept. 29)
- Science: Flawed interferon response spurs severe illness (Sept. 25)
- Sleep Med Rev: A systematic review of COVID-19 and obstructive sleep apnoea (Sept. 8)
- JAMA: Universal masking to prevent SARS-CoV-2 transmission – the time is now (July 14)
- Nature: OpenSAFELY: Factors associated with COVID-19 death in 17 million patients (July 8)
- PNAS: The implications of silent transmission for the control of COVID-19 outbreaks (July 6)
- Nature Medicine: Age-dependent effects in the transmission and control of COVID-19 epidemics (June 16)
- Physics of Fluids: Can a toilet promote virus transmission? From a fluid dynamics perspective (June 16)
- The Lancet: Physical distancing, face masks, and eye protection to prevent person-to-person transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis (June 1)
- The Lancet: Small droplet aerosols in poorly ventilated spaces and SARS-CoV-2 transmission (May 27)
- JAMA: Comparison of clinical characteristics of patients with asymptomatic vs symptomatic coronavirus disease 2019 in Wuhan, China (May 27)
- Science: Reducing transmission of SARS-CoV-2 (May 27)
- JAMA Internal Medicine: Assessment of deaths from COVID-19 and from seasonal influenza (May 14)
- CJRCCSM: Helping Canadian health care providers to optimize sleep disordered breathing management for their patients during the COVID-19 pandemic (May 13)
- Health Affairs: Estimating the infection fatality rate among symptomatic COVID-19 cases in the United States (May 7)
- Nature Medicine: Antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 in patients with COVID-19 (April 29)
- Nature: Aerodynamic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 in two Wuhan hospitals (April 27)
- JAMA: Presenting characteristics, comorbidities, and outcomes among 5700 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in the New York City area (April 22)
- AJRCCM: Hospital preparedness for COVID-19: a practical guide from a critical care perspective (April 16)
- NEJM: Droplets and aerosols in the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 (April 15)
- NEJM: Visualizing speech-generated oral fluid droplets with laser light scattering (April 15)
- Science: Projecting the transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 through the postpandemic period (April 14)
- Emerging Infectious Diseases: Aerosol and surface distribution of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in hospital wards, Wuhan, China, 2020 (April 10)
- JAMA OHNS: Sudden and complete olfactory loss function as a possible symptom of COVID-19 (April 8)
- Eur Respir Rev: Protecting healthcare workers from SARS-CoV-2 infection – practical indications
- JAMA: Turbulent gas clouds and respiratory pathogen emissions (March 26)
- JAMA Network: Coronavirus update with Anthony Fauci, MD – YouTube (March 18)
- NEJM: Aerosol and surface stability of SARS-CoV-2 as compared with SARS-CoV-1 (March 17)
- American Academy of Neurology: COVID-19 Neurology Resource Center
- American Academy of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery: Coronavirus Disease 2019 – Resources
- American Academy of Pediatrics: Critical Updates on COVID-19
- American Association for Respiratory Care: Guidance Document – SARS CoV-2
- American Medical Association: COVID-19 Resource Center for Physicians
- American Society of Anesthesiologists: COVID-19 – Information for Health Care Professionals
- American Thoracic Society: Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) – The ATS Response
- CHEST: Guidelines & Resources – COVID-19 (coronavirus)
- CHEST Foundation: COVID-19 Resources – Care Recommendations for Home‑Based Ventilation Patients
- Society of Critical Care Medicine: Guidelines on the management of critically ill adults with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
- Society of Critical Care Medicine: Critical Care for Non-ICU Clinicians (free online training)
- Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education: ACGME Response to Pandemic Crisis
- American Medical Association: Special coding advice during COVID-19 public health emergency
- Baystate Health: Emerging from the lockdown – What we have learned about the effect of COVID on sleep medicine (VIDEO)
- Council of State Governments: State executive orders – COVID-19
- Drug Enforcement Administration: COVID-19 Information
- Emory University: Coronavirus Checker
- Environmental Protection Agency: List N: Disinfectants for Use Against SARS-CoV-2
- FDA: COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions
- Harvard Global Health Institute: Novel coronavirus 2019
- HHS: telehealth.hhs.gov
- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation: COVID-19 Projections
- Johns Hopkins University: Coronavirus Resource Center
- Mount Sinai: Repurposing bi-level ventilators for use with intubated patients
- ResMed: COVID-19 resource center (health care professionals)
- ResMed: Coronavirus: Stay informed (patients)
- Stanford Medicine: National Daily Health Survey for novel coronavirus (COVID-19)
- STAT: COVID-19 County Preparedness Scores
- University of Michigan Sleep Disorders Center: Survey – Effect of COVID-19 social isolation on sleep, health, and working behaviors in health care workers
- U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps: Optimizing Ventilator Use during the COVID-19 Pandemic
- USA Facts: Coronavirus Locations – COVID-19 Map by County and State
- Ventilator Training Alliance: New app
- World Health Organization: Guidance for health workers
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): COVID-19 Online Newsroom
- ATS Journals: COVID-19 Pandemic
- CHEST: COVID-19
- Elsevier: Novel Coronavirus Information Center
- JAMA: Coronavirus Disease 2019
- Lancet: COVID-19 Resource Centre
- NEJM: Coronavirus (Covid-19)
- Science: Coronavirus: Research, Commentary, and News
- SpringerNature: SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19
- WHO: Global research on coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
- Wiley: Covid-19: Novel Coronavirus Outbreak