Society of Hospital Medicine Joins the Council of Medical Specialty Societies in Condemning Recent Claims of Physicians Overcounting COVID-19 Deaths for Financial or Political Gain

The Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM), the leading medical society for hospitalists and their patients, stands with the Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS) and its fellow member societies in condemning recent claims that physicians, including hospitalists, are overcounting COVID-19 deaths for financial or political gain.

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