CMSS Policies & Positions
About CMSS Policies & Position Statements
Adopted January 9, 2023
Objective:
CMSS may use its stature to influence the medical community and policy makers on issues of importance to members, including protection of core society functions (e.g., education, guidelines, publishing, quality, and equity) and overarching issues of importance to professionalism and the nation’s public health.
Key pillars of CMSS policy-making approach:
- CMSS policy and position statements reflect CMSS as an organization of organizations
- CMSS statements do not necessarily reflect the position of individual CMSS member organizations
- The CMSS Board is the policy-making body for CMSS and will seek member input to guide decision-making
Standard Operating Procedures:
- Given these key pillars, CMSS will avoid position statements that request individual member signatories
- Unless an issue requires urgent release, CMSS will share proposed statements for member input to cultivate broad-based approval
- CMSS members may choose to amplify CMSS statements if aligned with society policy
- For issues of significant import to societies, the CMSS Board may request sign-on from member societies only if sufficient time is provided for vetting by individual members (e.g., amicus briefs on core society functions)
CMSS Policy and Position Statements
2022
- CMSS and Member Society Amicus Brief in Support of American Society of Anesthesiologists
- Position Statement: CMSS Statement on Supreme Court Decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Case
- Position Statement: CMSS Opposes Proposed Government Bans on Medical Treatment for Transgender Youth
- Policy Statement: CMSS Opposes Governmental Interference in the Patient-Physician Relationship
- Covid-19 Statements and Sign Ons
2021
- CMSS Statement on Legislative Interference
- OPDA Condemns Racism and Discrimination
- Covid-19 Statements and Sign Ons
2020
- CMSS Statement in Support of Osteopathic Physicians
- CMSS Condemns Use of Rubber Bullets
- CMSS Statement on Racism in Healthcare
- Covid-19 Statements and Sign Ons
2019
2017
- CMSS Principles for the Development of Specialty Society Clinical Guidelines (update from 2013)
- Preserving Patient-Centered Care Protections
- CMSS Position on International Collaboration in Medicine
2016
- Principles of Self-regulation (including life-long learning)
- CMSS Principles for Increasing Access to Needed Medications by Patients
- CMSS Comments on COGME
- CMSS Response to COGME Questionnaire
- Comments to CMS on the Proposed Rule for MIPS and APMS
- CMSS Releases First Clinical Data Registries Primer
- ABMS Proposed Standards for Initial Certification Letter to ABMS
- ABMS Proposed Standards for Focused Expertise Letter to ABMS
2015
2014
2013
- PPSA FAQs
- CMSS Releases Principles for the Development of Specialty Society Clinical Guidelines | Principles for the Development of Specialty Society Clinical Guidelines
- CMSS Supports NEJM Article on State Laws Interfering with the Practice of Medicine
- CMSS Announces Position Recommending Increased Financial Support for GME Funding
2012
- CMSS Announces Position Recommending Increased Financial Support for GME Funding
- Proceedings of the May 10, 2012 Conference on the Financing of Graduate Medical Education (GME) in the United States
- CMSS Comments on PPSA – February 17, 2012
- CME Provider Comments on PPSA – February 17, 2012
2011
- CMSS Position on Physician Re-entry – November 19, 2011
- CMSS Comments to Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Proposed Rule-making Comments on Physician Payments Sunshine Act – April 1, 2011
- CMSS Comments to ABMS on MOC CME – February 28, 2011