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Opinion
Effective Clinical Documentation Can Influence Medicare Reimbursement
June 1, 2013
Standardization and coordination of documentation practices is key to successful hospital billing
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Opinion
Coordinated Approach May Help in Caring for Hospitals’ Neediest Patients
May 2, 2013
Care plans for frequent fliers can reduce readmission rates, ED visits, and stress
Opinion
Communication Key to Peaceful Coexistence for Competing Hospital Medicine Groups
May 1, 2013
Encouraging rival hospitalists to work together on committees and clearly defining each group’s territory can alleviate tension
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Opinion
Win Whitcomb: Front-Line Hospitalists Fight Against Health Care-Associated Infections (HAIs)
April 2, 2013
Reducing in-patient rates of C. diff, MRSA, and other hospital-acquired infections essential to prevent providers from losing millions in Medicare payments
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Opinion
John Nelson: Excessive Workload a Concern for Many Hospitalists
April 2, 2013
Multiple factors contribute to workload concerns expressed by hospitalists
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Opinion
Win Whitcomb: Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program Adds Measure in Efficiency Domain
March 2, 2013
Medicare spending per beneficiary (MSPB), not healthcare cost or length of stay, will be the first measure used by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to measure hospital efficiency
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Opinion
John Nelson: Why Spinal Epidural Abcess Poses A Particular Liability Risk for Hospitalists
February 2, 2013
The delayed diagnosis of, or treatment for, a spinal epidural abcess (SEA) could easily result in a malpractice lawsuit for hospitalists
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Opinion
Win Whitcomb: Mortality Rates Become a Measuring Stick for Hospital Performance
February 2, 2013
Hospitalists can be crucial players in reducing hospitals' 30-day mortality rates and avoiding potential cuts to Medicare reimbursement
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Opinion
Win Whitcomb: Hospitalists Central to Helping Hospitals Meet Performance Goals, Avoid Financial Penalities
January 2, 2013
Payments at risk with value-based purchasing, readmission penalities, and hospital-acquired conditions force hospitalists to focus
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Opinion
John Nelson, MD: A New Hospitalist
January 1, 2013
How the hospital medicine practice has changed greatly over the past three decades
