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

SHM urges Congress to act now to restore funding for CHIP and ensure millions of children nationwide have access to health care. We stand ready to help move this important priority forward.

SHM Submits Comments on Proposals for Implementation of the Sunshine Act, PQRS and the Physician Value-Based Payment Modifier

SHM Provides Feedback to CMS about Performance Measures included in the List of Measures Under Consideration December 2013

The Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act will count observation status patients as inpatient to count for the 3 Day SNF requirement.

SHM Supports Interstate Compact Work of FSMB Download Letter   Humayun Chaudhry, DO, FACP President and CEO Federation of State Medical Boards 400 Fuller Wiser Road, Suite 300 Euless, TX

SHM Letter of Support for David Bronson on MedPAC Download Letter   Gene L. Dodaro Comptroller General of the United States Attention: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Nominations 441 G St.

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 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.