SHM Supports the Passage of the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act (S. 266)
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 Multi-stakeholder Letter Urging Congress to Extend the Acute Hospital Care at Home (AHCAH) Program Waiver
The waiver for allowing for the expansion of the Hospital at Home program is set to expire in March 2025. SHM joins a multi-stakeholder letter urging Congress to extend the Acute Hospital Care at Home (AHCAH) waiver program for 5-years.
SHM Joins Cross-Specialty Letter to CMS on MVPs
SHM joins AMA and other specialty societies on letter to CMS about MIPS Value Pathways (MVPs) to improve reporting in the Quality Payment Program.
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 Joins the Federation Letter Urging Congress to Stop Medicare Pay Cuts
SHM, along with numerous specialty and state medical societies, calls on Congress to pass H.R. 10073 before the end of the year to stop the impending Medicare pay cuts and provide a payment update.
SHM Joins the Federation Letter Urging Congress to Stop Medicare Pay Cuts
SHM, along with numerous specialty and state medical societies, calls on Congress to pass H.R. 10073 before the end of the year to stop the impending Medicare pay cuts and provide a payment update.
SHM Signs Multi-Stakeholder Letter to FDA on IV Fluid Shortage
On behalf of the undersigned medical organizations, the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) is writing to you to express our deep concern about the significant supply chain disruptions resulting from the damage inflicted by Hurricane Helene on Baxter’s North Cove manufacturing site in North Carolina. The undersigned organizations represent hundreds of thousands of clinicians who care for patients in hospital and out-of-hospital settings, emergency medical services (EMS) systems, and other healthcare facilities.
SHM Submits Comments on the 2025 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule
The Society of Hospital Medicine offered comments on CMS’s proposed 2025 Physician Fee Schedule, emphasizing concerns over funding cuts affecting hospitalist reimbursements and staffing. They support the removal of telehealth limitations and propose code adjustments for infectious disease care. The SHM urges CMS to ensure measures are relevant and actionable for hospitalists.
SHM Submits Comments on the 2022 Outpatient Prospective Payment Systems Proposed Rule
SHM submitted comments on the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule.
SHM Sends Letter on Impending Medicare Physician Payment Cuts
SHM has submitted comments on the Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule. SHM commented on various proposals, including but not limited to, the impending budget cuts, telehealth proposals, and the Quality Payment Program.