SHM Signs GME Advocacy Coalition Letter to Senate Finance Committee
SHM joins the GME Advocacy Coalition response to the Senate Finance Committee’s draft proposal to expand GME.
SHM Signs Letter Urging Congress to Appropriate Funding for Firearm Morbidity and Mortality Reduction Research
SHM joins 434 medical, public health, and research organizations in a letter urging the House and Senate Appropriations Committee to provide funding for firearm mortality and morbidity research.
SHM Supports the Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act
SHM joins the GME Advocacy Coalition response to the Senate Finance Committee’s draft proposal to expand GME.
SHM Joins Multi-stakeholder Letter Urging Congress to Extend Hospital at Home Waiver
The waiver allowing for the expansion of the Hospital at Home program is set to expire at the end of 2024. SHM joined a multi-stakeholder letter urging Congress to extend the Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver program for at least five years.
SHM Signs AHRQ Appropriations Fund Request
SHM joins 170 other signatories urging the appropriations subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related agencies to allocate $500 million in funding for the Agency for Healthcare and Research and Quality (AHQR)
SHM Supports the Reauthorization of the Dr. Lorna Breen Healthcare Provider Protection Act
SHM supports the reauthorization of this important legislation, which establishes grants that support training in strategies to reduce and prevent suicide, burnout, behavioral health conditions, and substance use disorders among healthcare professionals.
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 Reauthorization of the Dr. Lorna Breen Healthcare Provider Protection Act
SHM supports the reauthorization of this important legislation, which establishes grants that support training in strategies to reduce and prevent suicide, burnout, behavioral health conditions, and substance use disorders among healthcare professionals.
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.
Significant Split/Shared Billing Win for Hospitalists in CY2024 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule
On November 3, CMS released the CY2024 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule, which contains a significant WIN for hospitalists—changes to the split (or shared) billing policy. CMS finalized either time or medical decision making (MDM) can be used to determine the billing provider for split (or shared) visits beginning in 2024 and beyond. This will allow for the continued use of MDM, in line with current policies for split or shared billing, and better accounts for physician involvement in split (or shared) visits.
SHM was a leading voice on this issue, vocally opposing CMS’ previously finalized policy, which would have utilized time exclusively to determine the billing provider and not accurately reflected team-based care. Learn more about the positive impact on hospitalists and our related advocacy efforts for our members.