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News
Affordable Care Act Provides Two-Year Increase in Medicaid Payments for Primary-Care Services
March 1, 2013
Medicaid-to-Medicare parity regulation will increase total revenue for some hospitalist groups
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Hospital Medicine Group Leaders Strive to Balance Administrative, Clinical Tasks
March 1, 2013
For some hospitalist group leaders, taking a lighter clinical workload allows them to fulfill administrative duties as well
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Automated Hospital Inpatient Assignment Program Increases Efficiency, Coordination of Care
March 1, 2013
Computerized program evenly distributes hospitalist workload
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Report: Hospitals Show Improvement on Infection Rates, but Progress Slows on CAUTIs
February 11, 2013
Work to reduce in-hospital adverse events still to be done, says hospitalist expert
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Serious Complications from Opioid Overuse in Hospitalized Patients Prompts Nationwide Alert
February 2, 2013
A Joint Commission alert urges hospitalists to adopt measures to avoid dosing errors and improve the care of patients on opioid analgesics in acute-care settings
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Opinion
Win Whitcomb: Mortality Rates Become a Measuring Stick for Hospital Performance
- Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM
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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New Codes Bridge Hospitals’ Post-Discharge Billing Gap
- Lauren Doctoroff, MD, FHM
February 1, 2013
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) transitional-care management codes may boost post-discharge clinics, clarify hospitalists’ discharge planning
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Smartphones Distract Hospital Staff on Rounds
January 2, 2013
Although the most common smartphone uses were for patient care, doctors also use them to read and reply to personal texts and emails, says a study in the Journal of Hospital Medicine
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Fellow in Hospital Medicine Spotlight: Amir Jaffer, MD, SFHM
January 2, 2013
Dr. Jaffer is the division chief of hospital medicine, and the vice chair of patient safety and quality, in the Department of Medicine at the University of Miami School of Medicine in Florida
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Medicaid Payments for Some Primary-Care Services Reach Parity with Medicare Levels
January 2, 2013
Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) recommendations lead to payments by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for hospitalist-related codes