Public Policy
Public Policy
Hospitals will feel the squeeze of DSH payment changes
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has altered the formula previously used to determine disproportionate share payments, and there...
Public Policy
How hospitalists can focus on health equity
Experts say hospitals and hospitalists must focus on health disparities to address the multitude of chronic medical conditions they treat.
News
Heart failure readmission penalties linked with rise in deaths
Heart failure readmissions penalties linked with rise in deaths ANAHEIM, CALIF. – Evidence continues to mount that Medicare’s penalization of...
Public Policy
DACA: Time to act
A “dismantling” of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program could exacerbate an already existing physician shortage in the U.S....
Practice Management
SHM pushes to protect patients from ‘surprise’ out-of-network expenses
Patients should not be on the hook for costs related to out-of-network insurance coverage when a hospital is in-network, medical societies say.
Public Policy
Walking the halls of power
Our health care system needs to improve and innovate, and hospitalists are well positioned to create that change.
Public Policy
SHM suggests tweaks to CMS QPP proposal
The Society of Hospital Medicine approves of the direction CMS is heading when it comes to measuring pay-for-performance for hospitalists in its...
Public Policy
More studies show Medicaid expansion has benefited hospitals
Any contraction of the Medicaid expansion offered through the Affordable Care Act will reduce overall health insurance coverage and could have...
Public Policy
Immigration reforms: Repercussions for hospitalists and the health care industry
The U.S. health care system is starved for hospitalists and primary care physicians, and international medical graduates will continue to play a...
Public Policy
New telehealth legislation would provide for testing, expansion
A bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. Senate would authorize the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation to test expanded telehealth...