SHM Submits Comments to CMS on the Physician Fee Schedule for CY 2018
SHM submitted comments on this year’s fee schedule including evaluation and management guidelines, PQRS reporting, and MACRA.
SHM Submits Comments on Proposed MACRA QPP
SHM submitted comments to CMS on proposed changes to the Quality Payment Program (QPP)/MACRA including facility alignment.
SHM Submits Comments on Proposed IPPS
SHM submitted comments on aspects of the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS), including HRRP, HVBP, HAC, IQR, as well as lessening administrative burdens by eliminating observation care.
SHM Sends Letter on Reducing Regulatory Burdens in Current Pay-for-Performance Programs
SHM sends letter to CMS Administrator Verma and HHS Secretary Price on reducing the regulatory burden in PQRS, VM, and MU programs.
SHM Submits Comments on Episode-Based Measures in MACRA
SHM submitted comments to Medicare via the development of episode-based cost measures in MIPS.
SHM Sends Letter of Support for the Nomination of Scott Gottlieb, MD to FDA
SHM sends a letter to the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee in support of Scott Gottlieb, MD as Commissioner of FDA.
SHM Comments on Implementation of Advanced BPCI
The Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) is pleased to offer the following recommendations for consideration as CMS develops an Advanced Bundled Payment for Care Improvement Initiative (Advanced BPCI).
SHM Signs on to Letter Addressing Sepsis Measure Concerns
Along with IDSA, ACEP, and SCCM, SHM collaborated on a letter discussing concerns around a sepsis quality measure.
SHM Submits Comments to CMS on OPPS Proposed Rule
SHM submitted comments regarding the pain management questions in the HCAHPS survey to Medicare in the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) proposed rule.
SHM Joins 22 Organizations in Submitting Comments in Support of Antibiotic Stewardship Provisions in Proposed Rule
SHM signs onto letter to CMS, alongside coalition of 22 organizations, stating support for antibiotic stewardship provisions in the Hospital and Critical Access Hospital Conditions of Participation Proposed rule.