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 Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act
SHM supports the reintroduction of the Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act. This legislation will make days spent in observation count towards Medicare’s three-day stay requirement for skilled nursing facility (SNF) coverage.
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 Joins Multi-stakeholder Letter Supporting the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act
SHM joined a multi-stakeholder letter supporting the “Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act.” This legislation will expand the physician workforce by gradually raising the number of Medicare-supported GME positions by 2,000 per year for seven years, creating a total of 14,000 new slots.
SHM Supports the Reintroduction of the Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act
SHM supports the reintroduction of the Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act. This legislation will eliminate the X-Waiver prescribing requirement for buprenorphine, a lifesaving medication used to treat opioid use disorder (OUD).
SHM Joins Multi-stakeholder Letter Urging House and Senate Appropriators to Increase Funding for AHRQ
SHM joined a multi-stakeholder letter with 118 stakeholders urging Senate and House appropriators in the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies. The letter requests a minimum of $500 million in funding for the Agency for Healthcare and Research and Quality (AHRQ).
SHM Joins Multi-stakeholder Letter Supporting the “Medicare Sequester COVID Moratorium Act”
SHM joined the AMA and other medical societies in their support of the “Medicare Sequester COVID Moratorium Act.” This legislation will extend the Congressional moratorium on Medicare sequester cuts through the duration of the public health emergency (PHE).
SHM Joins Multi-stakeholder Letter Urging Congress to Eliminate the X-Waiver
SHM and other stakeholders sent a letter to Congressional leaders, urging for the elimination of the X-waiver. Eliminating the X-waiver will expand access to buprenorphine, a lifesaving treatment for opioid-use disorder (OUD).
SHM Joins Multi-stakeholder Letter Urging Congress to Remove Restrictions on Buprenorphine
SHM joined a multi-stakeholder letter urging Congress to expand access to buprenorphine. The letter urged Congress to include legislation to address the opioid epidemic in the upcoming COVID relief package.
Policy Update: X-Waiver
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has halted plans to expand access to buprenorphine and eliminate the X-waiver.