SHM submitted comments to CMS on proposed changes to the Quality Payment Program (QPP)/MACRA including facility alignment.

SHM submitted comments on this year’s fee schedule including evaluation and management guidelines, PQRS reporting, and MACRA.

Along with 750 other medical societies, SHM signs onto letter to Speaker of the House, John Boehner, urging him to repeal the SGR.

SHM submitted comments regarding observation care and APM thresholds to the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee.

SHM urges Congress to take action to address the opioid crisis facing the United States.

SHM provides comments on proposals for changes to inpatient admission orders documentation requirements and hospital-level performance measures.

Along with other organizations, SHM signs on to a letter voicing concerns on provisions of the Program Integrity to the Provider Enrollment Process proposed rule.

SHM sends a letter to the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee in support of Scott Gottlieb, MD as Commissioner of FDA.

SHM sent a support letter to Reps. Blumenauer and Mullin for their legislation, the Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act.