SHM Letters to Congress and
Regulatory AgenciesPart of SHM's advocacy
efforts is supporting legislation that affects hospital medicine and
general healthcare. Here you can
find any letter supported and signed by SHM to Congressional leaders and
regulatory agencies.
Current
Letters
SHM Submits Letter in Support of Bipartisan Legislation that
would Repeal the SGR
Read the May 9 Letter to Representatives Schwartz and
Heck
SHM Joins AMA, Other Organizations in General Comment Letter
to CMS on the Electronic Health Record Incentive Program-Stage 2
Proposed Rule.
Read the May 7 Letter Here
SHM Submits Comments in Response to the Medicare and Medicaid
Electronic Health Record Incentive Program—Stage 2 Proposed
Rule.
Read the May 7 Letter Here
SHM Submits Comments to CMS in Response to the Proposed Rule
on Reporting and Returning of Medicare Overpayments.
Read the April 11 Letter Here
SHM signs letter to CMS voicing concern on simultaneous
implementation of multiple programs, which will create financial and
administrative burden as well as confusion for physicians.
Read the March 28 Letter Here
SHM Joins the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research in a Letter
to Congress on Supporting the NIH as a Funding Priority in
Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations
Read the March 26 Letter Here
SHM Signs Letter in Support of AHRQ Funding for
FY2013
Read the March 19 2012 letter from the Friends of
AHRQ
SHM Joins Over 900 Organizations in Support of a Strong FY
2013 Allocation for Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education
Appropriations.
Read the March 16 Letter Here
SHM Joins 50 Organizations in a Letter to Congress on the
Urgent Need for New Antibiotics
Read February 22 2012 Letters to the House of Representatives and the Senate
SHM Joins 38 Specialty Societies in Commenting on the
proposed Physician Payments Sunshine Act (PPSA)
Read the February 16 Letter Here
SHM Signs AMA Letter to Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI-4), Urging
Repeal of Medicare's Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR)
Formula.
Read the January 23 Letter Here
Past Letters
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SHM Letters to Congress and Regulatory Agencies
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