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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...
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CMS proposes site-neutral payments for hospital outpatient setting
Site-neutral payments could save the government – and patients – money on every visit.
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CMS considers expanding telemedicine payments
The proposed rule would pay doctors for an expanded number of telemedicine services and add payment for virtual check-ins by phone or other...
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Benefits, drawbacks when hospitalists expand roles
Not all role expansion in hospital medicine is good role expansion, experts say.
Practice Management
The rapidly disappearing community pediatric inpatient unit
Across the U.S., pediatric inpatient units in community hospitals have failed to even flirt with breaking even.