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HM12 Pre-course Analysis: How to Improve Performance in CMS Valued Based Purchasing Program
April 3, 2012
Four key takeaways hospitalists need to be thinking about
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Ornstein Addresses Health Policy in an Age of “Dysfunctional” Politics
April 2, 2012
Norman Ornstein, PhD, tells HM12 audience to expect a "bumpy ride" during the initial planning years for the future of healthcare.
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Ethics, Advocacy, and Disclosure: The Sunshine Rule
March 31, 2012
Letter highlights critical distinctions in compensation for teaching Continuing Medical Education (CME) courses
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First Set of CMS Advisors Includes Hospitalists
March 31, 2012
In January, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) selected 73 professionals as the initial set of advisors for its Innovation Center (http://innovations.cms.gov/). The advisors include 37 physicians, as well as some nurses and health administrators.
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Racial, Cultural Diversity Still Lacking among Hospital Executives
February 29, 2012
Three ways hospitals can improve minority representation
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HM12 Features High-Profile Speakers, RIV Sessions, Expanded Breakouts
February 29, 2012
The world was a different place in 2008, the last time SHM’s annual meeting was in San Diego. Attendance at the yearly confab of hospitalists was almost half of what it is expected to be this year, healthcare reform was still just a bullet point for a presidential candidate’s talking points, and society leaders were drumming up interest in a new fellowship program they’d created.
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Policy Experts Say Hospital Medicine Should be Ready to Tackle Reform Challenges
February 29, 2012
In a restaurant, it’s called being in the weeds: when the duties of one’s job become so overwhelming that you can’t keep up with the pace. Think five new admissions at the end of a 12-hour workday.
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SHM, Hospitalists Play Key Roles in CMS Innovation
February 29, 2012
A lot has happened in the past year at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, and many details can now be filled in. Some of those details directly relate to the work of hospitalists.
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How to Get the Most Out of the HM12 Toolkit
February 29, 2012
I view the annual meeting as a kind of toolkit: Have a problem, reach into the HM12 toolkit, and pull out your solution.
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Incentives to Improve Hospital Readmission Rates OK
February 29, 2012
Is it legal to incentivize hospitalists to reduce readmission rates?