Public Policy
News
ONC aims to help docs, patients with information sharing in proposed rule
The HHS wants to help health professionals and patients securely and easily access electronic health information using smartphones and mobile...
Practice Management
Public insurance income limits and hospitalizations for low-income children
If public insurance eligibility thresholds are decreased, many pediatric hospitalizations would become ineligible for coverage.
Public Policy
Defeating the opioid epidemic
U.S. Surgeon General Jerome M. Adams says the opioid epidemic is his primary focus.
From the Society
Looking into the future and making history
SHM intends to provide a home for hospitalists to collaborate around population health management.
News
New or existing drugs? Both fuel price inflation
Existing drugs, not new drugs, drove much of the inflation in brand-name drug prices.
News
HIPAA compliance: Three cases to learn from
Security experts say physicians can learn from three 2018 HIPAA penalties by the Office for Civil Rights.
Clinical
Meal programs for dual eligibles
Participants in a medically tailored meal program had fewer inpatient admissions and lower medical spending.
News
Class-action suit filed against ABIM over MOC
Four internists allege ABIM is monopolizing the MOC market and forcing physicians to purchase MOC.
News
ONC releases draft strategy on reducing EHR burden
Comments are sought to help drive direction of reforms.
Public Policy
CMS modifies the inpatient admission order requirement, or did it?
Medicare auditors have been given discretion to overlook an inpatient order flaw, but providers have not.