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News
Shaun Frost: Call for Transparency in Healthcare Performance Results to Impact Hospitalists
January 1, 2013
The federal Institute of Medicine (IOM), entrepreneurs, and consumer groups ramp up the power of public reporting
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News
Bipartisan Proposal to Repeal SGR Plan Likely to be Reintroduced
January 1, 2013
The Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 would replace the sustainable growth rate formula with a cost-effective model designed to promote quality and value through coordinated patient care
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Danielle Scheurer, MD: Hospital Providers Put Premium on Keeping Themselves, Hospital Patients Safe
January 1, 2013
Role of hospitalists should be to help create and maintain safe and effective work conditions for themselves, patients, and providers
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Tailored Health IT Improves VTE Rates
December 26, 2012
Study shows value of electronic decision support tools, could spark physician buy-in
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Report Outlines Ways Hospital Medicine Can Redefine Healthcare Delivery
December 2, 2012
Recommendations from the Institute of Medicine include reforming payment, adopting digital infrastructure, and improving continuity of care
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Opinion
Win Whitcomb: Hospitalists Must Grin and Bear the Hospital-Acquired Conditions Program
November 2, 2012
Developed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the hospital-acquired conditions (HAC) program is as much about documentation as it is about providing good care
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Hospitalists’ Voices to be Heard on Capitol Hill
November 1, 2012
Hospital medicine leaders and colleagues join the Society of Hospital Medicine's "Hospitalists on the Hill" day to bring healthcare concerns before members of Congress
News
New ‘Meaningful Use’ Exemption is Valuable Option for Growing Number of Hospitalists
November 1, 2012
Hospital-based eligible professionals do not qualify for the Medicare or Medicaid electronic health record (EHR) incentive program, or impending payment penalties for not being 'meaningful users' of EHR technology
News
Society of Hospital Medicine Joins Fight to Delay Medicare Cuts that Reduce Pay for Hospitalists
October 17, 2012
Scheduled Medicare belt-tightening would trim hospitalists' compensation in 2013
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Penalties for Hospitals with Excessive Readmissions Take Effect
October 10, 2012
Hospitals nationwide must curb their rate of 30-day readmissions for some Medicare patients, or lose millions in federal revenue
