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Expedited Multistate Medical Licensure Promises Efficiency for Physicians
April 3, 2015
Federation of State Medical Boards to simplify state licensure process for physicians
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Ways Hospitalists Can Support Advocacy for Patients, Hospital Medicine
March 3, 2015
There are so many ways to advocate for your patients, for your profession, for the future of hospital medicine. The easiest way? Getting involved. We know how important it is to you that your patients receive the best care possible.
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Hospitalists May Share Smaller Slice of Healthcare Spending Pie
October 27, 2014
Despite predicted growth in healthcare spending, fewer dollars expected to flow to hospital medicine
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Clear Identification Needed for Hospitalists in Medicare
September 2, 2014
Society of Hospital Medicine renews call for Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to designate specialty billing code for hospitalists
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Society of Hospital Medicine Ranks Observation Status a Priority Advocacy Issue
April 1, 2014
SHM to survey hospitalists on impact of designation on short-stay patients, develop possible policy revisions
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SHM Backs Medicare Reimbursement for End-of-Life Care Counseling
December 2, 2013
Proposed legislation would cover advance-care planning consultations between patients, healthcare providers
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Hospitalists’ Role in PQRS, Pay for Performance Gets Boost
November 1, 2013
SHM effort supports adding inpatient codes to Physician Quality Reporting System to help hospitalists participate in Value-Based Payment Modifier program
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SHM Report Provides New Insights About Physician Practice Leaders
November 1, 2013
Leadership roles expand to help hospitals meet performance improvement goals
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Two Hospitalist Groups Join SHM’s Hospital Medicine Exchange
November 1, 2013
Family medicine and post-acute hospitalists have signed on to participate in the online community
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SHM Advocates for Medicare to Cover Skilled-Nursing Facilities
October 1, 2013
Hospitalists push to pass Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act that counts observation status toward three-day requirement for SNF patient care
