SHM Strongly Supports the Passage of the Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act
SHM signs letter urging Members of the House of Representatives to insist to their leadership that language addressing the 2025 Medicare physician payment
cut be added to the full year Continuing Resolution.
SHM Signs On to Letter to Representatives Suozzi and Luttrell on Healthcare Immigration Priorities
SHM joins 32 other organizations in thanking Representatives Tom Suozzi and Morgan Luttrell for including the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act in their immigration working group legislative framework. The letter also urges inclusion of the Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act.
SHM Supports the DOCTORS Act
SHM supports the passage of the Directing Our Country’s Transfer of Residency Slots (DOCTORS) Act. This legislation will help address nationwide physician shortages by reallocating unused waivers from the Conrad 30 waiver program to states that use their full allotment.
SHM Supports the Reintroduction of the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act
SHM supports the reintroduction of the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act. This legislation will recapture 40,000 unused employment-based visas and use them to expedite processing for immigrant doctors and nurses. Converting these visas will alleviate health care staffing shortages during the public health emergency.
SHM Supports the Conrad State 30 Physician Access Reauthorization Act
SHM Supports the Conrad State 30 Physician Access Reauthorization Act.
SHM Joins Multi-Stakeholder Letter Supporting the Conrad State 30 Physician Access Reauthorization Act
SHM Joins Multi-Stakeholder Letter Supporting the Conrad State 30 Physician Access Reauthorization Act.
SHM Supports the Equal Access to Green Cards for Legal Employment Act
SHM supports the Equal Access to Green cards for Legal Employment Act (EAGLE). This legislation will simplify the employment based immigration system into a “first-come, first-serve” system that does not discriminate based on country of origin.
SHM Supports the Reintroduction of the Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act
SHM supports the reintroduction of the Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act. This legislation will help ensure patients in underserved communities have access to high quality medical care.
SHM Supports the Reintroduction of the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act
Download Letter to House Download Letter to Senate The Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM), representing the nation’s hospitalists, is pleased to support the reintroduction of the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act (H.R. 2255). This bipartisan legislation will recapture 40,000 unused employment-based visas and use them to expedite processing for immigrant doctors and nurses. Converting these […]
SHM Sends Letter to DHS Opposing Proposed Changes to J-1 Visa
SHM sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security in opposition to a proposed rule change that, if finalized, will replace the “duration of status” requirement for the J-1 visa with a fixed time period that is not to extend four years.