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Physician Value-Based Payment Modifier To Make Changes for Hospitalists
March 1, 2014
Shift in reimbursement toward quality of care expected to encourage comparison of costs charged by physicians, other hospital medicine groups to same Medicare patients
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Hospitalist Pay Shifts from Volume to Value with Global Payment System
- Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM
March 1, 2014
How do we reward physicians for seeing more patients under a global payment system that encourages physicians and hospitals to do less?
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Team-Based Care Model Improves Communication, Coordination Among Hospital Staffs
February 19, 2014
Shorter lengths of stay, lower in-hospital mortality rates for patients linked to workflow of accountable care units
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Hospitalist-Pain Expert Collaboration Educates Providers, Boosts Patient Satisfaction
February 1, 2014
Physicians at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City team with hospitalists to address moderate to severe pain in patients
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How Hospitalists Can Put SHM’s State of Hospital Medicine Survey to Work
- Beth Papetti;
- Val Akopov, MD, SFHM
February 1, 2014
HM leaders use data to reduce variation, promote best practices in multi-hospital group
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HM14 Sessions Hospitalists Should Not Miss
February 1, 2014
Hospital medicine leaders recommend top 12 events to attend at Society of Hospital Medicine's annual meeting
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Affordable Care Act Calls on Hospitalists to Hone Skills
January 1, 2014
Greater cost controls, new efficiencies, smoother transitions of care on horizon as Obamacare comes into focus
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Hospitalists Will Be Critical to Obamacare Success
January 1, 2014
Healthcare analysts predict greater reliance on hospital-based providers as Affordable Care Act kicks into high gear
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Hospitalist Group Tackles Palliative Care; National Chain Explores Opportunities
December 2, 2013
If you’re not embracing palliative care as a hospitalist—you lose part of your practice, California hospitalist says
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What To Do When the Hospitalist Group Leader Refuses to See Patients
December 2, 2013
Schedules that allow physician leaders time for administrative, clinical duties can balance workload for hospital medicine groups