SHM sends letters of support to Congress members, Representative Renacci, and Senator Manchin, for their leadership in legislation that will refine the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program.

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

SHM Signs Coalition Letter in Support of AHRQ Funding for FY2015 Download Letter The Honorable Jack Kingston Chairman Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,

SHM sends comments to CMS on their 2015 Physician Fee Schedule, in regards to reimbursing CPT codes for end of life care.

SHM sends comments to CMS on their 2015 Physician Fee Schedule, in regards to reimbursing CPT codes for end of life care.

SHM submitted comments regarding the pain management questions in the HCAHPS survey to Medicare in the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) proposed rule.

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.

SHM, along with other organizations, signs letter of support for the Protect Continuing Physical Education and Patient Care Act, H.R. 293

SHM sends support letter to Senators Cassidy and Whitehouse for their bill, the TRUST IT Act.

Along with other organizations, SHM signs onto a letter to CMS supporting antibiotic stewardship requirements for long term care facilities (LTCFs) in order to participate in Medicare programs.