Advocacy
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) advocates on legislative and regulatory issues impacting the sleep medicine subspecialty. The AASM works directly with members of Congress, state legislators, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other state and federal agencies on issues of importance to the sleep medicine field.
Advocacy News
New AMA policy declares sleep deprivation is a crisis
Delegates representing the AASM participated in last week’s annual meeting of the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates, [...]
MAHA report identifies a national sleep crisis in children and teens
Sleep is foundational to health, and American children — particularly adolescents — face “a nationwide sleep crisis,” according to [...]
Urgent call to action: Stop physician payment cuts and repair Medicare
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed a 2.8% cut to physician Medicare payments starting Jan. 1, [...]