Public Policy
Public Policy
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Eliminates Two-Midnight Rule's Inpatient Payment Cuts: Report
Medicare will stop imposing an inpatient payment cut to hospitals under the "two-midnight rule," according to a report in Modern Healthcare.
Public Policy
MACRA Provides New Direction for U.S. Healthcare
Last year, Congress passed legislation to permanently eliminate the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula, created in 1997 and designed to hold...
Practice Management
CMS Introduces Billing Code for Hospitalists: What You Need to Know
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced the approval of a dedicated specialty billing code for hospitalists that...
Public Policy
Where Leading GOP Presidential Candidates Stand on Health Policies
As the long 2016 presidential election season draws on, Republican hopefuls strive to stand out among their fellow party candidates; however, many...
Audio
LISTEN NOW: Scott Sears, MD, Discusses Hospitalist Challenges with Unassigned, Uninsured Patients
Scott Sears, MD, chief clinical officer for Sound Physicians in Tacoma, Wash., discusses why patients without health insurance put hospitalists in...
Public Policy
New Medicare Rule Will Reimburse Physicians for Advance Care Planning
Hospitalists care for patients with the most serious, chronic, and complex illnesses. As a result, they are often faced with the daunting task of...
Quality
Policy Changes Hospitalists May See in 2016
The year 2015 brought the repeal of the sustainable growth rate (SGR) and new rules for advanced care planning reimbursement.
Public Policy
Risk Adjusting Readmissions: Coming Soon?
Nearly three-quarters of hospitals will be receiving penalties from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in 2016 for excess...
Public Policy
Revolutionizing Quality Improvement in Hospital Medicine
As the senior physician advisor to SHM’s Center for Hospital Innovation and Improvement, Eric Howell, MD, SFHM, bridges the gap between clinical...
Public Policy
Medicare’s Readmission Reduction Program Cuts $420M to U.S. Hospitals This Year
It’s that time of year again … the time when hospitals around the country are being notified of their 30-day readmission penalties from the...