News
Grassroots policymaking demands that hospitalists team up
May 25, 2017
LAS VEGAS – The potential repeal of ACA insurance reforms have taken center stage in the media, but SHM leaders urged hospitalists to focus more on MACRA.
News
Making sense of MACRA: MIPS and Advanced APMs
May 24, 2017
A guide for hospitalists preparing for MACRA’s Quality Payment Program
News
HM17 plenaries: Hospital medicine leading health care shift to value, quality
May 22, 2017
LAS VEGAS – The three plenary speakers at HM17 said the destination that U.S. health care is traveling is pretty clear: a system that increasingly rewards quality care delivered at lower costs.
News
HM17 session summary: Building a practice that people want to be part of
- Miguel Villagra, MD, FACP, FHM
May 22, 2017
Creating a “culture of ownership” by recruiting the right people, promoting physician leadership, and improving structural elements such as compensation model and schedule were topics discussed in a practice management precourse at HM17.
News
Conway says health care payment, quality reform to continue
May 3, 2017
Health care will continue its trajectory to higher value, lower costs, and improved quality for patients, keynote speaker Dr. Patrick Conway said Wednesday.
News
Conway: HM well positioned for ‘system transformation’
May 2, 2017
“I want to leave people with the idea that value-based payment innovation and delivery system reform will continue to be critical aspects of improving our health system,” he says.
News
Hospitalists prepare for MACRA, seek more changes
April 19, 2017
CMS issued final rules in October, and some changes were good news for hospitalists.
Opinion
How’s your postacute network doing?
April 7, 2017
Hospitalists should lead the discussion with patients on postacute facility selection as it relates to which facilities are in the network and why going to a network facility is advantageous.
News
MACRA: What every hospitalist needs to know
- Joshua Lenchus, DO, RPh, FACP, SFHM;
- Nasim Afsar-Manesh, MD, SFHM;
- Suparna Dutta, MD, MS, MPH
March 10, 2017
Nearly every hospitalist will be affected; the majority will use the MIPS pathway in 2017.
News
Eight things hospitalists need to know about post-acute care
January 20, 2017
Staffing, reimbursement, and patient populations vary widely. Experts suggest training, and opportunities for improvement.