Amanda Trask, MBA, MHA, FACHE, CMPE, SFHM
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The interplay between staffing and scheduling
April 12, 2021
More than half of adult hospitalist groups report having their schedules disrupted by COVID-19.
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Hospitalist scheduling: A search for balance
March 7, 2019
Ensuring that the hospitalist team is right sized is an art.
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HM16 Session Analysis: ICD-10 Coding Tips
March 7, 2016
Presenter: Aziz Ansari, DO, FHM Summary: With the implementation of ICD-10, correct and specific documentation to ensure proper patient diagnosis categorization has become increasingly important.
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U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA, Encourages Hospitalists to Lead, Improve Healthcare
March 7, 2016
At #HospMed16 Plenary, the U.S. Surgeon General, Vice Admiral Vivek H. Murthy, MD, MBA, spoke to a standing-room-only crowd about how hospitalists can lead in “Bringing Health to America.” Dr.
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CMS Releases Updated Two-Midnight Rule for 2016
November 2, 2015
On November 13, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is scheduled to publish its final OPPS rule for 2016. One of the biggest impacts for hospitalists is the update to the two-midnight rule. Here are six areas of interest to hospitalists: 1.
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“Wish List” Outlines Patients’ Expectations for Hospital Stays, and Some Easy Fixes
October 20, 2015
Even before HCAHPS (Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems), hospital leaders and clinicians were striving to provide not only high quality care, but a place patients choose to meet their future healthcare needs.
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HM15 Session Analysis: The Physician-Administrator Management Dyad
April 9, 2015
Hm15 Presenters: Chuck Ainsworth, MD, MCC,; Dan Virnich, MD, MBA; Roberta Himebaugh, MBA, SFHM; Robert Hickling, MHA; Sendil Krishnan, MD Summation: The presenters, a group of physicians and administrators for hospital medicine groups, explored three dyad models.
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HM15 Session Analysis: Innovative Hospitalist Staffing Models
April 9, 2015
HM15 Presenters: John Nelson, MD, MHM; Daniel Hanson, MD, FHM; Darren Thomas, MD Summation: The presenters, from three entirely different geographic regions across the U.S., walked the audience through several different innovative hospitalist staffing models, from staffing in a multi-hospital sy
