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

SHM sent comments to Medicare on their Measure Development Plan for MIPS and APM transition.

SHM comments on the quality improvement section of the proposed Common Rule changes from the Office for Human Resarch Protections (OHRP)

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

SHM submitted comments to CMS on the 2020 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule. Comment areas include proposed changes to the Quality Reporting Program, physician assistant supervision, and

SHM responded to CMS' Request for Information (RFI) regarding their "Patients Over Paperwork" Initiative. We addressed excessive administrative burden related to observation care, the

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.

Along with IDSA, ACEP, and SCCM, SHM collaborated on a letter discussing concerns around a sepsis quality measure.