Practice Management
Practice Management
Hospitalist NPs and PAs note progress
Integrating NPs and PAs into hospitalist groups successfully is a “nuanced and multilayered” process.
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Burnout may jeopardize patient care
Burnout was associated with unprofessionalism and higher rates of patient safety issues.
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Penalties not necessary to save money in some Medicare ACOs
Groups participating in MSSP were “associated with a mean differential reduction of $302 in total Medicare spending per beneficiary in the 2012...
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A systems-based charter on physician well-being
Real progress on burnout will be made when we stop focusing our attention, blame, and interventions on individuals.
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5 HIPAA myths in the digital age
Health care security experts dispel five common misconceptions about HIPAA and electronic information.
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Crystal ball: The future of hospital medicine
Hospital medicine will be functioning very differently in 10 years to respond to today’s challenges.
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CMS pushes ACOs to take on more risk
ACOs that only take on upside risk generally are spending more money and not generating savings, according to CMS Adminstrator Seema Verma.
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Ranked: State of the states’ health care
Vermont’s good outcomes and low costs have the rest of the country green with envy.
Practice Management
Documentation and billing: Tips for hospitalists
The goal is not to bill as much as possible but rather to document appropriately.
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Who are the 'high-need, high-cost' patients?
Significant predictors included Medicare or Medicaid insurance, lower income, first hospitalization in a large rural hospital, high comorbidity...