AASM News Archive

Government & Health Policy News Archive: 2007

American Academy of Sleep Medicine
Monday, December 31, 2007

• Feb. 17: CBO Releases Budget Baseline and Medicare Physician Payments

• March 1: Sleep Technologist Licensure Bill Introduced in North Carolina
• March 8: MedPAC Issues Report to Congress on Physician Payment
• March 15: NIH Launches Director's New Innovator Award Program
• March 15: NHLBI Announces Intent to Issue Program Announcement on Clinical Trials
• March 15: Sleep Technologist Licensure Bill Introduced in New Mexico
• March 15: FDA Requests Label Change for Sleep Disorder Drug Products
• March 22: CMS to Review National Coverage Determination for Portable Monitoring
• March 22: Senate Budget Resolution Contains Reserve Funds for Medicare Physician Payments
• March 22: CMS Extends Deadline to June 1, 2007, for Paper Billers to Use NPI
• March 30: CMS Makes Available Physician Quality Reporting Initiative Resources
• March 30: Palmetto Announces New Reimbursement Requirements for South Carolina
• March 30: CMS Announces New K Codes for Oral/Mask Use with CPAP
• March 30: Licensure Bills Affecting Sleep Technologists Introduced in New Mexico and Tennessee

• April 5: NHLBI Strategic Plan Posted Online
• April 5: CMS Clarifies Guidelines for NPI Deadline Implementation
• April 12: Update on NPI Deadline Extension
• April 12: FDA Launches New Studies Web Page

• May 4: Medicare Releases 2007 Trustees Report
• May 11: New Legislation Ties Tax Debt to Part B Payments
• May 17: Sleep Technologist Licensure Bill Introduced in North Carolina
• May 17: Simple Steps Outlined to Register Your NPI for Sleep Medicine by May 23

• June 21: View AASM Comment and Public Comments to CMS on Portable Monitoring NCD
• June 21: New Local Coverage Determination Introduced for Region 6

• July 13: July 16 is Deadline to Make Changes to NPI Before it is Public
• July 13: Proposed Changes to Stark Law Affect Sleep Medicine Specialists
• July 13: CMS Posts Decision Memo for Clinical Trial Policy
• July 13: Physicians: New Tools Online for Medicare Quality Reporting Program
• July 20: CMS Publishes "Implementation of New Compliance Standards for IDTFs"
• July 26: North Carolina Finance Committee Addresses HB 1381
• July 26: Senate Finance Committee Approves Reauthorization of SCHIP Bill

• Aug. 2: CMS Delays Dissemination of NPI Registry
• Aug. 2: CMS Posts MedCAC Meeting Information Online
• Aug. 9: Comprehensive Coverage Determination Information Now Online
• Aug. 16: NIH Extends Comment Period for Biomedical and Behavioral Research and Peer Review
• Aug. 16: New Information on Important CMS Practice and Reimbursement Regulations
• Aug. 24: NHLBI Announces Call for Ancillary Studies
• Aug. 30: Actigraphy: AASM Encourages Members to Use Code
• Aug. 30: NIH Seeks Volunteer Grant Reviewers

• Sept. 6: AASM Comments on Proposed Physician Fee Schedule
• Sept. 14: Congress to Consider Physician Payments, SCHIP
• Sept. 14: Alert: Medicare Starting to Reject Claims with NPI Discrepancies
• Sept. 21: Congress Considers Medicare Physician Payment Legislation and Child Health Care
• Sept. 21: MedCAC Evaluates CPAP NCD

• Oct. 4: NIH Launches Extensive Open-access Dataset of Genetic and Clinical Data
• Oct. 4: Legislative Updates: AASM to Address Medicare Payments; President Vetoes SCHIP and Signs Prescription Bill
• Oct. 18: Legislative Update: Congress Votes Again on SCHIP and Reconsiders Physician Payments
• Oct. 18: New Medicare Advantage Fact Sheet Available to Sleep Medicine Specialists
• Oct. 26: New Tech Legislation to be Introduced in California
• Oct. 26: Transcript of MedCAC Portable Monitoring Meeting Available for Download
• Oct. 26: Submit Comments to NIH Center for Scientific Review

• Nov. 2: Medicare Premiums Will Rise in 2008
• Nov. 2: HHS Appeals Checkbook Decision
• Nov. 2: CMS Posts New Transmittal Regarding NPI
• Nov. 2: Senate Passes Mental Health Parity Act
• Nov. 6: CMS Releases Final Rule for 2008: Physician Payments, IDTFs DME, PQRI Affected
• Nov. 16: Update: Legislative Proposal Regarding Sleep Technologists Introduced in California

• Dec. 7: NHLBI Announces New Strategic Plan
• Dec. 14: Prepare for Upcoming NPI Implementation Deadlines
• Dec. 14: Cut to Physician Payments Looms: Contact Your Representatives
• Dec. 17: AASM Special Update: CMS CPAP Decision Policy
• Dec. 21: National Coverage Determination 240.4
• Dec. 21: CMS Policy: What are national and local determinations?
• Dec. 21: Update: Congress Passes Reprieve for Physician Payment Cuts; Key Policies Not Addressed