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Coding Corner: Billing for Straightforward Pneumonia in a Hospitalized Patient
January 2, 2024
A 64-year-old woman with a history of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) was admitted to the hospital with decompensated heart failure one day ago. On day two, the patient is still...
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Budgeting Tips: Keeping Division Finances on Track
January 2, 2024
Dr. Brotman For a hospitalist, managing a budget shouldn’t be that much different than maintaining a household budget. “Ideally, you should know approximately how much income you’ll...
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SHM’s 2023 Hill Day: Continuing the Conversation with Legislators
December 7, 2023
U.S. Capitol, SHM Hill Day 2023 Each year SHM members and staff converge in Washington, D.C., to meet with legislators and discuss key concerns and policy issues that affect hospitalists, their...
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Psychological Safety a Must for HM Education
November 14, 2023
When the space shuttle Challenger exploded in the sky in 1986, a group of engineers’ fears had come true: They had known a critical failure was possible at the low temperatures that were seen...
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Secrets of Satisfied EHR Users
November 1, 2023
A report released earlier this year by KLAS Research identified more than 3,000 “highly satisfied” users of their hospital’s electronic health record (EHR), which has also been shown to be a...
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Making a Fortune in Pediatrics
November 1, 2023
Dr. King Presenters: Lisa Herrmann, MD, MEd, Tony Tarchichi, MD, and Matthew Molloy, MD, MPH Drs. Herrmann, Tarchichi, and Molloy discussed their approach to financial health at PHM 2023, a...
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Geographic Information Systems
November 1, 2023
A six-year-old patient admitted to a hospital medicine service due to status asthmaticus is a common occurrence in pediatric hospitalists nationwide. But what if the questions about why the patient...
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Making Heads or Tails of the New Hospital Coding and Billing Guidelines
November 1, 2023
Dr. Sanders Presenters: Heather Collette, MD, Jessica Ford-Davis, DO, Andrea Hadley, MD, and Jack Percelay, MD This interactive, case-based PHM 2023 presentation discussed the new pediatric...
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Protecting, Buying, and Investing: Financial Well-being for the Pediatrician
November 1, 2023
Dr. Abd-Rabu Presenter: Shreepada Tripathy, MD, MBA, MS-SA, FAAP, FHM Transitioning from medical residency to an attending role is filled with clinical and financial challenges. This PHM 2023...
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Does Place of Service Matter? Using Higher Level-of-care Billing Codes
November 1, 2023
Dr. Baucher Presenters: Christine Mikesell, MD, Yiling Katharine Chang, MD, and Maria Skoczylas, MD The 2023 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services changes to inpatient evaluation and...