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    Navigating the Nuances of Consult Coding

    • Ccs-P; 
    • Gail Pfeiffer; 
    • Jim Pile, MD; 
    • Rhia

    March 1, 2005

    Introduction Hospitalists often have questions related to coding for consultative services and subsequent hospital visits, especially when other specialists are managing the patient “concurrently.” If the hospitalist is practicing in a teaching hospital the guidelines can be yet more con

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    Be Careful What You Ask For

    • Mark D. Aronson, MD, FACP

    January 1, 2005

    I pose here a list of questions to consider before embarking on the creation of a new specialty in hospital medicine 1) What distinguishes the body of knowledge of hospital medicine from internal medicine (or pediatrics, for our colleagues in that field)? While there is a body of literature supporti

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    The Campaign to Save 100,000 Lives

    • Jeanne Huddleston, MD, FACP

    January 1, 2005

    I am on a plane on my way back to Minnesota after being professionally rejuvenated by the content of the Institute of Healthcare Improvement’s 16th Annual Forum, in Orlando, FL. The theme of the meeting called on all hospitals, and hence I believe all hospitalists, to save lives. Dr.