Public Policy

Preparing to go on parental leave? For most of us, planning involved casual conversations with colleagues who had recently entered parenthood and learning from their experiences. Some more proactive parents-to-be may have specifically met with their leadership to formulate plans for coverage for clinical, research, and other administrative work. But this isn’t the norm in […]

Never let a good salary signal go to waste. Here is a meta-assembly of hospitalist, as well as comparator specialties, of 2018-19 salary moves courtesy of Modern Healthcare. It is useful seeing the various estimates from the leading consultants, placement firms, and intelligentsia to get some bearings on the pay trends, Covid notwithstanding.

From the beginning, SHM has consciously and consistently taken a unique approach to its advocacy efforts with the federal government. The advocacy priorities of SHM most often concern issues that we feel have an impact on our patients and the broader delivery system, as opposed to a focus on issues that have direct financial benefit […]

There’s something coming up soon I want you to remember. Hopefully it’s on your checklist, in your bullet journal, or already crossed off the to-do list. What do I need you to remember? Something that is apparently forgotten or avoided by 3 in 5 physicians. To vote. Are you voting? Did you vote? It’s time […]

It was distressing to hear and read recent and ongoing disparaging comments about osteopathic medicine, attacking one of our own, from remarks by Rachel Maddow to tweets by Cher and a derogatory video, since removed, portraying a female DO by Figs Scrubs. Navy Commander Dr. Sean Conley, DO, serves as the Physician to the President. […]

Some of you might be aware of significant changes ahead for hospitals and how they share their prices. Up until now, the rates hospitals and systems negotiated with commercial payers, Medicare Advantage included, were “trade secrets.” You might be able to obtain the charge or “list price” for your hip replacement, but determining the dollar […]