News
Are Hospital Readmissions Numbers Fruit of an Imperfect Equation?
July 1, 2013
Medicare says penalties are working, but academic centers and safety-net hospitals are caught in the middle
News
Hospitalist Pioneer Bob Wachter Says Cost, Waste Reduction Is New Quality Focus
July 1, 2013
Dr. Wachter closed SHM's 2013 annual meeting in National Harbor, MD, with a keynote address that identified cost and waste reduction as new planks of hospitalist's value proposition.
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Hospitalist-Focused Strategies to Address Medicare’s Expanded Quality, Efficiency Measures
July 1, 2013
Amount of time, money, resources needed to implement initiatives could put hospitals under duress
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Hospitalist-Specific Data Shows Rise in Use of Some CPT Codes
July 1, 2013
State of Hospital Medicine surveys show higher-level inpatient (IP) discharge code and highest-level IP subsequent code used more by hospital medicine groups in 2012 than previous year
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Opinion
Commemorating Round-the-Clock Hospital Medicine Programs
July 1, 2013
An interview with John Holbrook, founder of the nation’s first hospital-sponsored, 24/7 HM program
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Lack of Medicare CPT Codes for Hospitalist Practice Creates Dilemma
July 1, 2013
The Society of Hospital Medicine is pushing Medicare to reclassify skilled-nursing facility care as inpatient care for hospitalists
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Four Factors Physicians Should Consider Before Job Termination
July 1, 2013
Ways to prevent employment turnovers from being disruptive for doctors, employers
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Medicare Outlines Anticipated Funding Changes Under Affordable Care Act
July 1, 2013
Part A coverage for impatient stays of two or more midnights welcomed by hospitalists
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Should Skyrocketing Health Care Costs Concern Hospitalists?
June 2, 2013
Hospitalist compensation has grown steadily over the past decade, but physicians aren’t immune to the sting of accelerated premiums, copays, and contributions
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Reduced Estimate to Fix SGR Formula Brings Hope for Change
June 1, 2013
Congressional model cuts previous cost in half, hospitalists hopeful for permanent solution to flawed physician payment plan
