Transitions of Care
Public Policy
As Medicare Auditors Seek to Rein in Costs, Hospital Admission Decisions Are Under Microscope
Recovery Audit Contractors (RAC) out to identify improper payments made on claims for Medicare beneficiaries
Quality
Hospitalists Hold Key to Admissions Door for ED Patients
Partnering with ED physicians helps hospitalists tackle problem of emergency department boarding for admitted patients
Quality
Why Hospitalists Should Provide Patients with Discharge Summaries
Simple act could help reduce health-care expenditures, readmissions
Quality
Prediction Model Identifies Potentially Avoidable 30-Day Readmissions
Can a prediction model based on administrative and clinical data identify potentially avoidable 30-day readmissions in medical patients prior to...
Public Policy
Are Hospital Readmissions Numbers Fruit of an Imperfect Equation?
Medicare says penalties are working, but academic centers and safety-net hospitals are caught in the middle
Quality
Hospitalists Urge Congress to Reconsider Medicare’s “Observation Status” Rules
Policy complicates managing patients’ transitions to skilled nursing facility, say physicians
Quality
Hospitalists Can Address Causes of Skyrocketing Health Care Costs
Participating in quality improvement initiatives and shared decision making with patients and families can help
Quality
SHM Supports Clarification to Observational Status Loophole for Medicare Patients
Change would enable beneficiaries to qualify for Medicare-covered skilled nursing facility care after leaving the hospital
Quality
Hospitalists Poised to Advance Health Care Through Teamwork
Collaboration among hospitalists can help ensure open access to new discoveries that improve health care quality and affordability
Quality
Bill Seeks to Enhance Patient Access to Post-Hospital Benefit
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act allows patients to utilize institutional skilled nursing care