SHM Joins the AMA and Others Expressing Concern About MIPS Measures
Letter expresses concerns and continued frustration with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) process for reviewing and selecting quality measures for its programs.
SHM Supports Introduction of the Healthcare Workforce Reslilience Act
SHM supports this bipartisan legislation that will recapture unused employment-based visas and utilize them to help fill health care staffing shortages by expediting processing for immigrant physicians and nurses.
SHM Joins Multistakeholder Letter on Extending Hospital at Home
SHM joins the Moving Health Home Alliance on a letter to Congressional leaders asking for a five year extension of the acute hospital care at home waiver program.
SHM Signs Letter on Proposed Reforms to Student Loan Repayment Program for Hospitalists
SHM joins fellow medical society organizations to express concern with some of the language put forth by the HELP committee in its contribution to the reconciliation package. The letter urges lawmakers to reconsider several provisions that would be harmful for physicians and their ability to meet their student loan obligations.
SHM Joins Letter to HHS Secretary Kennedy on the termination of ACIP members
SHM joins letter expressing concern about the termination of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and urges their reinstatement.
SHM Signs letter to the Senate Leadership regarding threats to medical student aid in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
SHM joins coalition urging the Senate to protect financial aid programs that improve access to medical education and are essential to bolstering the future physician workforce.
SHM Urges Protection of Essential Student Aid Programs for Future Physicians
SHM expresses concern about provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to eliminate the Grad PLUS program, impose new aggregate limits on Direct Loan borrowing, and limit eligibility to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.
SHM Joins 412 Organizations in urging to Fund Gun Violence Prevention Research
SHM expresses concern about provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to eliminate the Grad PLUS program, impose new aggregate limits on Direct Loan borrowing, and limit eligibility to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.
SHM joins letter to House and Senate leadership in response to reconciliation legislation released by the House Energy and Commerce Committee
SHM joins letter to House and Senate Leadership on sustainable payment structures, improved oversight of managed care, and the need for long-term strategies that protect access for vulnerable populations.
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.