SHM Supports the Reintroduction of the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act
SHM supports the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act. This legislation will help protect patients from unnecessary care delays by streamlining and standardizing prior authorization under the Medicare Advantage (MA) program.
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 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 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 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 Supports ACEP’s Call for Emergency Declaration
SHM supports ACEP’s call for an Emergency Declaration over the crisis of boarding admitted patients in the emergency department.
SHM Sends Letter Urging Emergency Declaration for Pediatric Hospitalization Surge
SHM fully supports the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association’s call for an emergency declaration to support and bolster the national response to the alarming surge of pediatric hospitalizations.
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.