SHM met CMS' request for information on new SGR repeal legislation (MACRA) with suggestions and ideas on how to best implement the program.

Comments Cover Evolving Policy on the Readmissions Reduction Program, Hospital Value Based Purchasing and Inpatient Admissions Decisions.

SHM sends comments to Medicare on the CY 2016 Physician Fee Schedule. (September 8)

SHM and SHM Chapters join over 600 Other Organizations in Letter to Congressional Leaders Urging a Long-Term solution to the SGR and Continued the Momentum on H.R.4015/S. 2000

SHM, along with 300 patient groups, societies and research institutions, shows support for a spending bill that includes Labor-HHS-Education appropriations that will restore funding for the NIH to

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

Along with other organizations, SHM signs on to letter asking for continued Medicare funding for the National Quality Forum (NQF).

SHM sends a letter of support to Representative Murphy for his legislation that would improve mental health services.

Letter of Support to Sen. Murray (D-WA) and Sen. Brown (D-OH) for S. 2964, the Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women & Children Act

SHM, joined by IDSA, ACEP, EDPMA, and ASA, sends letter to CMS on issues with the hospital-based exemption from the Promoting Interoperability category of the MIPS.