SHM responded to the House Healthcare Innovation Caucus' request for information regarding innovative policy ideas.

The Fairness for High Skilled Immigrants Act (H.R. 392/S.281) replaces the current per-country caps on immigration with a first-come first-served visa system. This legislation will ensure that

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.

SHM sends comments to CMS on the Severe Hyperglycemia and Medication-Related Bleeding Hospital Harm Measures.

SHM, along with several other medical societies, sent a letter to the US Senate Bipartisan Working Group on Transparency regarding surprise billing proposals and potential unintended consequences

SHM signs onto multi-stakeholder letter to the House Ways and Means Committee on policies to address surprise billing and unexpected out-of-pocket costs impacting patients around the country.

SHM signs onto multi-stakeholder letter to CMS about the educational reporting requirements in the Open Payments Program.

SHM, joined by IDSA and AMDA, sends letter to the American Medical Association (AMA) encouraging work on refining facility-based Evaluation & Management (E&M) billing codes.