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Opportunity to Partner in Improving Care: The Medicare Chronic Care improvement Programs
May 1, 2005
Update from the Public Policy Committee
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Five-Year Review of Codes Begins
March 1, 2005
The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule indicates how much each physician service will be reimbursed by Medicare. Payment rates are a combination of three components: physician work, practice expense, and professional liability (malpractice).
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Other Literature of Interest
March 1, 2005
1. Dexter PR, Perkins SM, Mahany KS, Jones K, McDonald CJ. Inpatient computer-based standing orders vs. physician reminders to increase influenza and pneumococcal vaccination rates: a randomized trial. JAMA. 2004; 292: 2366-71.
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In the Literature
March 1, 2005
CARP Trial Suggests No Benefi t to Revascularization Before Vascular Surgery; Blood Transfusion May Increase Mortality in Acute Coronary Syndrome; and Cost-effectiveness of Rhythm Versus Rate Control in Atrial Fibrillation
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Practice Profile
March 1, 2005
Lehigh Valley Hospitalist Services
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Clinicians’ Perspectives on Work-Hour Restrictions and House Officer Errors
March 1, 2005
Best of 2004 Annual Meeting Research Competition
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Listen to the Eye
March 1, 2005
Best of 2004 Annual Meeting Clinical Vignette Competition
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Other Literature of Interest
January 2, 2005
1. Annane D, Bellissant E, Briegel J, et al. Corticosteroids for severe sepsis and septic shock: a systematic review and metaanalysis. BMJ. 2004;329:480. Severe sepsis is a common cause of ICU admissions and continues to have mortality rates as high as 30%.
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Practice Profile
January 2, 2005
Covenant HealthCare Hospital Medicine Program
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Update from the Public Policy Committee
January 2, 2005
The Public Policy Committee has spent a great deal of time in recent months learning about the current reimbursement issues facing hospitalists. It is our belief that hospitalists bring something unique to the bedside that is not being recognized by our current payor system.