Along with other organizations, SHM signs onto support letter to House and Senate requesting AHRQ funding be maintained.

SHM sends comments on the retooled specifications for the hospital-wide readmission measure as an outcome measure in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS).

SHM submitted comments to the Senate Committee on Finance's official record following the hearing "Medicare Physician Payment Reform After Two Years: Examining MACRA Implementation and the

The Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act (H.R. 2482) will increase access to buprenorphine, a lifesaving addiction treatment, by eliminating the "X Waiver" DEA certificate and the

As the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee considers legislation to curb surprise billing, the National Observation Stays Coalition, which includes medical associations and patient advocacy

SHM signed onto a multi-stakeholder letter urging Congress to improve MACRA. Included in the letter is a call to implement positive payment adjustments for physicians and to extend APM bonus

SHM joined the National Observation Stays Coalition and submitted comments to the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee following the hearing, "No More Surprises: Protecting Patients

The Reducing Administrative Costs and Burdens in Health Care Act of 2019 (S. 1260) encourages federal and state-level innovation to lower health care costs by reducing excessive administrative

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

The Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act (S. 2074) is the companion bill to H.R. 2482. This bill will increase access to buprenorphine, a lifesaving addiction treatment, by eliminating the "X