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Society of Hospital Medicine’s CODE-H Helps Hospitalists Avoid Coding Issues
February 1, 2014
Online meeting March 20 to include tips on coding for critical care, documenting work with nurse practioners and physician assistants, avoiding medical claims denials
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Registration Still Open for Quality and Safety Educators Academy
February 1, 2014
Academic hospitalists, program directors can participate in program scheduled for May 1-3 at Tempe Mission Palms in Tempe, Ariz.
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Hospitalists Will Be Critical to Obamacare Success
January 1, 2014
Healthcare analysts predict greater reliance on hospital-based providers as Affordable Care Act kicks into high gear
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Opinion
Get Ready for Transition to ICD-10 Medical Coding
- John Nelson, MD, MHM;
- MHM
December 2, 2013
The International Classification of Diseases' new diagnosis codes and how hospitalists can prepare to use them
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Opinion
New Rules for Value-Based Purchasing, Readmission Penalties, Admissions
- Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM
October 1, 2013
What hospitalists should know about the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ revised guidelines for hospital performance measures
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Can Medicare Pay for Value?
August 2, 2013
Physician quality reporting system (PQRS) and physician value-based payment modifier (VBPM) plan could reward high-quality, low-cost health care
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Lack of Medicare CPT Codes for Hospitalist Practice Creates Dilemma
July 1, 2013
The Society of Hospital Medicine is pushing Medicare to reclassify skilled-nursing facility care as inpatient care for hospitalists
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Reduced Estimate to Fix SGR Formula Brings Hope for Change
June 1, 2013
Congressional model cuts previous cost in half, hospitalists hopeful for permanent solution to flawed physician payment plan
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Letters: Medicare Official Says ‘Physician Compare’ Website Does Not Provide Performance Data on Individual Doctors
June 1, 2013
Although the Website does not currently post individual physician clinical performance data, it does report if a physician participated in Medicare's Physician Quality Reporting System, and reported quality information for the year, says SHM president Shaun Frost, MD, SFHM.
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Hospitalists Encouraged to Embrace Medicare’s VBPM Program Now
April 1, 2013
Adopting value-based payment modifier plan will help hospital medicine practices avoid penalties ahead of 2017 deadline