News
New Codes Bridge Hospitals’ Post-Discharge Billing Gap
February 1, 2013
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) transitional-care management codes may boost post-discharge clinics, clarify hospitalists’ discharge planning
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Billing Expert Explains Why Documentation, Education, and Feedback Are Crucial to Reimbursement
January 10, 2013
Sherri Dumford, MBA, CHBME, director of operations and past president of the Healthcare Billing and Management Association, explains why it’s important to understand the components that substantiate billing codes and why administrators need to regularly educate and provide feedback to providers.
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: CogentHMG hospitalist explains how hospitalists can prepare for Value-Based Purchasing at hospital, individual level
January 10, 2013
Julia Wright, MD, SFHM, FACP, president of the MidAtlantic Business Unit for CogentHMG, talks about how hospitalists can get up to speed on the new reality of value-based purchasing at both the hospital and physician level.
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News
12 Things Hospitalists Need to Know About Billing and Coding
January 2, 2013
Proper documentation supports the services you are billing, maximizes your reimbursement
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Accountability Hits Home for Hospitalists
January 2, 2013
While some hospitalists see the value-based payment modifier (VBPM) program as a penalty, others see an opportunity
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Accuracy Matters When Compensation for Hospitalists Is at Stake
January 2, 2013
Understand how survey calculations were derived in the 2012 State of Hospital Medicine report before developing a compensation plan for your hospitalists
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Paying Attention to Detail Critical in Medical Coding
January 2, 2013
A senior medical coding and education specialist recommends hospitalists give specifics regarding patients' complaints when coding for level of service
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HMX Term of the Month: Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS)
January 2, 2013
HCAHPS is a national, standardized survey of hospital patients created to publicly report patients’ perspective of hospital care
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Medicaid Payments for Some Primary-Care Services Reach Parity with Medicare Levels
January 2, 2013
Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) recommendations lead to payments by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for hospitalist-related codes
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Opinion
John Nelson, MD: A New Hospitalist
January 1, 2013
How the hospital medicine practice has changed greatly over the past three decades
