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Opinion
The Biggest Thing in Hospital Medicine Since Patient Safety?
- Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM
April 4, 2015
Editor’s note: First of a two-part series examining bundled payments and hospital medicine. Additionally, Dr.
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Medical Consultants Provide Benefits for Hospitalized Surgical Patients
- Aaron C. Hamilton, MD, MBA, FACP;
- Amy T. O’Linn, DO, FHM, FACP;
- Department OF;
- Elham Yousef, MD;
- Gaurav Kistangari, MD;
- Juan Barbastefano, MD, FACP;
- Rami Hazzi, MD;
- Tracy Lynn Gulling-Leftwich, DO
January 7, 2015
Clinical question: How are medical consultants used for hospitalized surgical patients, and how does this vary among regions and hospitals in the U.S.?
Background: Reimbursement for surgical procedures is moving toward bundled payments, making it increasingly important to understand the use of re
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Trial by Error: An Oklahoma Hospital’s Bundling Experience
November 1, 2010
Hillcrest Medical Center’s first-year experience with bundled payments provides an illuminating window into what other hospitals might encounter as the payment reform concept expands beyond the first few pilot sites.
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Seven ways President Biden could now change health care
January 21, 2021
Democrats’ small majorities in both houses of Congress suggest that moderation and bipartisanship will be necessary to get things done.
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The state of hospital medicine in 2018
January 8, 2019
Slow growth in compensation, more funds for hospital support, but productivity remains flat.
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Opinion
Positive change through advocacy
- Ron Greeno, MD, FCCP, MHM
August 3, 2018
SHM past president Dr. Ron Greeno says the society takes the lead on issues that impact the U.S. health care system.
Opinion
Understanding the new CMS bundle model
March 30, 2018
If there is broad participation, BPCI Advanced could represent a key milestone for hospitalists.
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How will SNF readmissions penalties affect hospitalists?
December 19, 2017
Skilled nursing facilities will soon be penalized up to 2% of their Medicare reimbursement for posting higher-than-average rates of hospital readmissions.
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Opinion
The impact of Election 2016
- MHM;
- Ron Greeno, MD, FCCP
July 28, 2017
The reality is that, the only thing that can save our health care system is if we lower the cost of care. And we know that, as providers, only we can do that.
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Hospitalists and cost control in the U.S. health care system
- Olugbenga Arole, MD, FHM, FACP
June 12, 2017
Hospitalists are strategically placed to ensure that each episode of care is provided in the most cost-efficient way possible without sacrificing quality.