SHM Supports the Safety from Violence for Healthcare Employees (SAVE) Act
SHM supports the introduction of the SAVE Act, which will create legal penalties for individuals who intentionally assault or intimidate any hospital workers on-site, regardless of how they are employed.
SHM Supports the Reintroduction of the Critical Access Hospital Relief Act
SHM supports the reintroduction of the Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Relief Act, which will remove the requirement that physicians in CAHs certify, with reasonable certainty, that an individual patients anticipated length of stay (LOS) will be 96 hours of less.
SHM Joins Multi-Stakeholder Letter Supporting Medicare Payment Reform
SHM, alongside dozens of medical and specialty societies, support the GOP Doctor’s Caucus budget neutrality reform proposal.
SHM and Other Stakeholders Support the Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act
SHM and thirty three other organizations joined a multi-stakeholder effort in support of legislation that will count time spent in observation towards Medicare’s three day inpatient stay requirement for SNF coverage.
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 Joins Multi-Stakeholder Letter Urging Funds to Conduct Public Health Research on Firearm Morbidity and Mortality
SHM joined 408 national, state, and local medical, public health, and research organizations urging the House and Senate appropriations committees to provide funding for public health research into firearm morbidity and mortality.
SHM Joins Multi-Stakeholder Letter Supporting PASTEUR Act
SHM joined a multi-stakeholder letter urging the inclusion of the PASTEAUR Act into an end of year package. This legislation will help address the growing crisis of antimicrobial resistance.
SHM Submits Comments on MACRA RFI
SHM has submitted comments on a Congressional Request for Information (RFI) seeking feedback on the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA).
Signs Joins Multi-Stakeholder Letter on Medicare Reimbursement
SHM, alongside dozens of other medical and specialty societies, has signed a letter to Congressional leadership urging Congress to establish a permanent Medicare payment system.