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Opinion
John Nelson: Peformance Key to Federal Value-Based Payment Modifier Plan
December 2, 2012
What the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' new pay-for-performance program means to hospitalists
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Opinion
Win Whitcomb: Hospitalists Must Grin and Bear the Hospital-Acquired Conditions Program
November 2, 2012
Developed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the hospital-acquired conditions (HAC) program is as much about documentation as it is about providing good care
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Opinion
John Nelson: Learning CPT Coding and Documentation Tricky for Hospitalists
November 2, 2012
Tips to keep physician CPT coding straight
Opinion
John Nelson: Heavy Workloads
November 2, 2012
Dearth of data doesn’t green-light high patient census
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Opinion
Win Whitcomb: Hospital Readmissions Penalties Start Now
October 1, 2012
Hospitals must meet October 1st deadline for complying with the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Hospital Readmission Reduction Program or risk financial penalties
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Opinion
Win Whitcomb: Inflexible, Big-Box EHRs Endanger the QI Movement
August 29, 2012
The challenges current EHRs present to QI efforts and what features EHRs need to incorporate to better serve the needs of patients and clinicians
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Opinion
John Nelson: Post-Discharge Calls
August 29, 2012
Follow-up contact is the most potent patient-satisfaction tool
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Opinion
Win Whitcomb: Spotlight on Medical Necessity
July 31, 2012
Patients, hospitalists caught in crosshairs of the observation status conundrum.
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Opinion
John Nelson: Admit Resolution
July 31, 2012
Service agreements, when adhered to, help solve admission disagreements.
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Opinion
Win Whitcomb: Staying … and Paying
July 3, 2012
CMS' chief medical officer sheds some light on confusing and aggravating Medicare issue.
