American Academy of Sleep Medicine Center/Laboratory Membership
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Publicity
Advertise your facility's status as an AASM-accredited center and gain exposure
in your community through these benefits available exclusively to members.
Enhance your visibility through a free listing on the searchable directory found
at www.sleepcenters.org. Links to this
site are prominent on both the AASM Web site and at www.sleepeducation.com, a popular
Web site used primarily by the public.
Receive a free listing in the AASM's annual membership directory and bi-annual center
rosters. These publications, distributed to sleep professionals and third-party
payers worldwide, provide your center/lab with vital networking and publicity opportunities.
Include the AASM Accredited Member logo in your facility's promotional materials
to give your practice a visible stamp of approval. Use of the AASM logo is provided
exclusively to fully accredited center/lab members.
Review AASM Trademark Agreement
Personalize any of the AASM's patient education brochures with your facility's contact
information and AASM Accredited Member logo.
Customize a professionally designed Web site for your center/lab at a fraction of
the cost of independent Web designers through the AASM's Web design and hosting
service.
Recruit staff and patients to your facility through use of this service that allows
you to customize attractive ad templates by the AASM at a lower cost than freelance
design services.
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Practice Management Support
Benefit from AASM programs that help to advance the field of sleep medicine through
education, and obtain valuable up-to-the-minute information about government and
health policy issues that affect your facility.
Benefit from the AASM's efforts to link reimbursement to AASM-accreditation and
to ensure that sleep specialists receive fair compensation for sleep medicine services.
Stay current on enforcement activity and the steps that must be taken to maintain
a practice that provides and bills for effective patient care. AASM center/lab members
receive timely updates when billing issues arise.
Benefit from the AASM's involvement as health policy issues are developed and reviewed.
At the national level, the AASM has maintained a strong influence with the Centers
for Medicare & Medicaid Services and in issues involving professional liability
insurance. The AASM is also actively involved in state issues regarding licensure
for sleep technologists, drowsy driving, the development of state sleep societies
and more.
Apply for this program through which your center can receive grant and travel reimbursement
benefits when you demonstrate excellence in clinical service, educational mission
and research accomplishments.
Promote the improvement of sleep technology training by becoming an Accredited Sleep
Technologist Education Program (A-STEP) Introductory Course provider. Center/lab
membership helps to support this and other AASM initiatives.
Stay informed on new developments in the field through weekly e-mail updates and
access to the Members-Only section of the AASM Web site.
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Discounts
Save significantly on educational and practice management resources available through
the AASM. These discounts can more than pay for the cost of your membership!
Receive a $2,300.00 discount on your facility's reaccreditation fee.
Ensure that your center meets the AASM Standards for Accreditation for evaluating inter-scorer reliability or test the scoring ability of job applicants at your facility through this convenient, comprehensive online test resource. Members receive a significant discount on this service.
Provide up to four employees from your facility with the opportunity to attend any
of the AASM's Sleep Educational Series courses or webinars at a discounted membership
rate.
Save on all AASM products, including reference manuals, webinar archive CD-ROMs,
slide sets, patient education products, merchandise and more.
Fill open positions at your facility through the AASM online Job Board; center/lab
members receive discounts on all job postings for their facility.
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Join online or download
the membership
application to join by fax or mail. For more information about membership,
contact the membership department at (630) 737-9700 or
AASMmembership@aasmnet.org.
*The AASM Logo is only available for use by fully accredited center/lab members.
Facilities who have only received provisional accreditation cannot use the logo. For details
about the AASM's trademark policy, please contact the AASM's membership department.
If at any time your membership lapses, you must immediately discontinue use of the
AASM Accredited Member logo.