Public Policy
HM17
HM17 plenaries: Hospital medicine leading health care shift to value, quality
LAS VEGAS – The three plenary speakers at HM17 said the destination that U.S. health care is traveling is pretty clear: a system that increasingly...
Public Policy
Hospitalists prepare for MACRA, seek more changes
CMS issued final rules in October, and some changes were good news for hospitalists.
Public Policy
Quick Byte: ACA jump-starts 61,000 demo projects
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation lauded as proving ground for health care experimentation.
Practice Management
U.S. health care policy: What lies ahead?
Uncertainty is the new normal – still, experts say hospitalists are primed to help shape American health care.
News
Embrace change as a hospitalist leader
Tales from an insightful dive into SHM leadership training
News
Republicans Envision Their Healthcare Plan for the Future
After the election, GOP has opportunity to determine direction of U.S. healthcare
Article
Trump administration to focus on ACA reform, tort reform
Look for three things from the Trump administration: significant changes to the Affordable Care Act, few changes to MACRA’s Quality Payment...
Public Policy
Theranos Receives Biggest Blow as CMS Revokes Certificate for Government Payments
Theranos Inc founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes, once touted as the Steve Jobs of biotech for her company's innovative blood-testing technology, has...
Public Policy
Medicare's Managed Care Option Trades Off With Patient Preferences
CHICAGO - Medicare enrollees are moving in greater numbers than ever to the program's managed care option as a way to save money.
Public Policy
Medical Marijuana Cuts Medicare Spending and May Reduce Dependency on Prescription Opioids
Physicians wrote significantly fewer prescriptions for painkillers and other medications for elderly and disabled patients who had legal access to...