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Hospital admissions of nursing home patients declined after ACA quality initiatives
May 28, 2021
Following the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), how have hospital transfer rates from nursing homes for patients with advanced medical conditions changed?
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Making sense of LAMA discharges
May 26, 2021
There is no evidence that insurance companies will not pay for LAMA discharges.
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Hospital at Home: Delivering hospital-level care without the hospital
May 25, 2021
The future of HaH depends on development of a common payment model that will be adopted beyond the pandemic.
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Clinician well-being a top priority, Surgeon General says
May 7, 2021
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said he’ll push for scientists to be heard in an unpoliticized way.
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COVID experience underscores ‘vital’ role of hospital medicine
May 6, 2021
“The response to the acute care needs in this pandemic would have been impossible in the health care system that existed before hospitalists,” said Dr. Larry Wellikson.
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Hospital medicine around the world
April 5, 2021
Adaptations of the hospitalist model vary across countries, reflecting local culture, payment models, and medical education.
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Virtual is the new real
- Chandra S. Lingisetty Md, MBA, MHCM;
- Rupesh Prasad Md, MPH, CPE, SFHM;
- Venkataraman Palabindala Md, MBA, FACP, SFHM
March 16, 2021
The need for a systematic telehealth deployment is far from being adequately fulfilled.
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Key trends in hospitalist compensation from the 2020 SoHM Report
- Linda M. Kurian, MD, SFHM, FACP
February 12, 2021
Hospitalist compensation continues to rise compared to previous years, despite relatively flat trends in total patient encounters.
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Rollout of COVID-19 monoclonal antibodies lacked unified plan: expert panel
February 8, 2021
Monoclonal antibodies are in ample supply, but a lack of a plan to administer them has led to major underutilization of these therapies.
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Seven ways President Biden could now change health care
January 21, 2021
Democrats’ small majorities in both houses of Congress suggest that moderation and bipartisanship will be necessary to get things done.