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Sneak Peek: The Hospital Leader blog
December 20, 2016
Post election, what will change about how I treat at the bedside? Nothing.
Opinion
Thinking Outside the DRG Box
- Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM
December 10, 2016
Alternative payment models reward post-acute-care value over in-hospital savings
News
HM 2016: A Year in Review
December 7, 2016
The top 10 events that impacted the specialty this year
Opinion
Keeping up with New Payment Models
December 7, 2016
For hospitalists, the arrival of the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS, originally Physician Quality Reporting Initiative, or PQRI) marks the swerve in reimbursement complexity
Audio
The State of Hospital Medicine Is Strong
September 14, 2016
With compensation up 30% since 2010, it’s a good time to be a hospitalist
News
Providing Effective Palliative Care in the Era of Value
- Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM
August 16, 2016
An important area to pay particular attention to is the role of future hospitalizations in patients’ wishes for care
Audio
HM Turns 20: A Look at the Evolution of Hospital Medicine
August 12, 2016
A look at the evolution of hospital medicine as it celebrates 20 years
News
MACRA Rule Offers Little Clarity for Hospitalists
July 2, 2016
Last year, Congress put an end to the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR), which had become a yearly battle fought on behalf of and by physicians to prevent significant last-minute cuts to Medicare reimbursement.
Opinion
Attributes of Successful Hospitalist Groups
- John Nelson, MD, MHM;
- MHM
April 27, 2016
In the first two installments of my own list of attributes that are important underpinnings of successful hospitalist groups, I covered group culture and decision making, recruiting, the importance of a written policy and procedure manual and performance dashboard, and roles for advanced practice cl
News
Medicare Patient Outcomes of Inpatient Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Varies Among Hospitals
- (Reuters Health);
- Anne Harding
February 24, 2016
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Outcomes of inpatient laparoscopic cholecystectomy in Medicare patients vary widely among hospitals, and most adverse outcomes occur well after patients have been discharged, new findings show.
While the overall adverse outcome rate was 20.7%, risk-adjusted adverse out