American Academy of Sleep Medicine

Name

American Academy of Sleep Medicine

Legal name

American Academy of Sleep Medicine

Website

https://aasmnet.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Medical Society Services

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (61143), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (61131), Exam Preparation and Tutoring (611691)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093), Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011)

akta.pro primary industry

Sleep Medicine Clinic (HLAKANAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Sleep Health & Recovery Education (EDAAAHAE)

Keywords

• Sleep medicine guidelines
• Clinical practice standards
• Sleep center accreditation
• Medical continuing education
• Sleep disorders classification

Headquarters

HQ city

Darien

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Individual and network membership fees providing access to clinical resources, guidelines, member benefits, and professional community.
2. Sleep Center Accreditation: Fees for accrediting sleep facilities to ensure standards of care, including application, renewal, and verification processes.
3. Continuing Medical Education (CME/CEC): On-demand and live CME courses, board prep programs, and educational content for professional development in sleep medicine.
4. Publications and Resources: Sales of clinical publications including the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine (JCSM), ICSD-3-TR manual, and scoring manual, plus merchandise from the AASM shop.
5. Industry Programs: Corporate partnerships, advertising, and industry engagement programs including the Autoscoring Certification Program.
6. Events and Conferences: Registration fees for SLEEP Annual Meeting, Sleep Medicine Trends, Business of Sleep Medicine, and other professional events.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) is a nonprofit professional medical society that sets clinical practice standards, accredits sleep facilities, and delivers continuing education for sleep medicine professionals. It publishes the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, the AASM Scoring Manual, and the ICSD-3-TR classification, and operates AASM Link, an AI-powered clinical decision support platform.

Product overview

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine offers a portfolio of professional resources for sleep medicine practitioners. The core offerings include AASM Link, an AI-powered platform providing curated guidelines and clinical decision support; the AASM Sleep Center Directory for patient referrals; the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine (JCSM) as a leading research publication; the AASM Scoring Manual Version 3 and ICSD-3-TR as essential clinical reference standards; and the PLATO tool for tracking OSA outcomes. Supporting modules include a Prior Authorization Toolkit, Remote Monitoring Implementation Guide, ASTEP (sleep team training), A-CEP (coding education), and SleepCode software for study analysis. The organization also manages accreditation programs for sleep facilities and hosts major industry events including the SLEEP Annual Meeting.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• AASM Link: AI-powered platform connecting, informing, and empowering sleep medicine professionals with curated guidelines, tailored summaries, and quick-answer support.
• Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine (JCSM)
• AASM Foundation
• Sleep Education
• Choose Sleep
• ASTEP
• Talking Sleep Podcast
• Sleep Is Good Medicine

Products and services

• AASM Link

Quantifiable outcome

• 45% of adults never discuss sleep with healthcare provider, indicating significant underdiagnosis risk for sleep disorders
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Incannex HealthcareminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 March 2025Incannex Healthcare partnered with the AASM Foundation to sponsor a Focused Projects Grant for Junior Investigators dedicated to sleep apnea research. The partnership supports Incannex's development of IHL-42X, its lead investigational drug for obstructive sleep apnea, which received FDA Fast Track designation and reported positive Phase 2 clinical trial results. Incannex joins the AASM Foundation's Corporate Recognition Program. Patient dosing for the DReAMzz Phase 2 dose-optimisation study is expected to commence within the coming months.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST): CHEST is a U.S. medical specialty society for chest physicians that publishes peer-reviewed journals (CHEST), runs CME, clinical guidelines, and member accreditation-style programs. It directly parallels AASM as a similarly-sized specialty society serving physicians in a related pulmonary/sleep-adjacent field.
• American Thoracic Society (ATS): ATS is the leading professional society for pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine physicians. It publishes journals, hosts international conferences, develops clinical practice guidelines, and operates member-based programs — making it one of the closest direct comparables to AASM in scale, structure, and offerings.
• American Academy of Neurology (AAN): AAN is a U.S. medical specialty society for neurologists offering clinical guidelines, CME, peer-reviewed journals (Neurology), practice tools, and member accreditation programs. It is structurally analogous to AASM in operating model and revenue mix for a similarly sized specialty.
• Sleep Research Society: The Sleep Research Society is the leading U.S. scientific society for sleep and circadian researchers, co-publishing the Journal SLEEP with AASM historically. It is a direct peer in the sleep domain, sharing membership overlap, advocacy interests, and scientific authority with AASM.

Broad incumbents

• American College of Physicians (ACP): ACP is one of the largest U.S. medical specialty societies, with a much broader internal medicine membership, Annals of Internal Medicine, MOC/CME programs, and clinical guidelines. It is a broad incumbent with overlapping capability in member services, guidelines, and accreditation-adjacent programs.
• American Medical Association (AMA): AMA is the largest U.S. physician membership organization, operating JAMA, CPT coding (monetized via licensing), CME, and advocacy. AMA is a broad incumbent that competes indirectly for member mindshare, CME spend, and coding/reimbursement influence relevant to AASM members.

Regional players

• European Sleep Research Society (ESRS): ESRS is the primary European professional society for sleep researchers and clinicians, hosting the European Sleep Research Congress and publishing Journal of Sleep Research. It is the main regional peer to AASM, serving a different geography but with overlapping scope, and a potential partnership or competition vector for international expansion.

Emerging players

• World Sleep Society: World Sleep Society is a global organization advancing sleep medicine and research, hosting World Sleep congresses and the International Sleep Medicine Examination. It overlaps with AASM's domain at a global level and represents both a peer and a partner for international education and standards-setting.
• National Sleep Foundation: The National Sleep Foundation is a U.S. nonprofit focused on consumer sleep health awareness, sleep duration recommendations, and public education. It is adjacent in the sleep domain but focuses on consumer/patient audiences rather than clinicians, making it a partial-overlap peer in education and brand authority.

Others

• American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM): ABIM administers board certification and MOC for internal medicine subspecialties including sleep medicine. It is an adjacent enabling organization — not a direct competitor, but a partner/dependency for AASM's professional development, certification, and CME offerings targeting board-certified sleep specialists.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/aasmorg
• Facebookfacebook.com/sleepmedicine
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/2584789

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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