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U.S. Surgeon General Encourages Hospitalists to Remain Hopeful, Motivated
April 20, 2016
Hopefully, many of you were able to attend the Society of Hospital Medicine’s annual meeting this year in San Diego.
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Policy Experts Urge Hospitalists to Get Involved, Share Knowledge
April 10, 2016
SAN DIEGO — Think beyond your four walls, speakers told hospitalists at HM16.
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U.S. Hospitals Should Prepare for “ransomeware” Attacks by Cyber Criminals
April 8, 2016
(Reuters) - U.S.
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Community Partnerships, Data Key to Readmission Reduction in Diverse Populations
March 23, 2016
When Houston Methodist Hospital noticed patients in one particular zip code were failing to make it to follow-up appointments after hospital discharge, they looked into it.
“We found it wasn’t on a bus route,” says Janice Finder, RN, MSN, director of the hospital’s Transitions in Care program and
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Experts Suggest Ways to Deal with Challenges Surrounding Care of Psychiatric Patients
March 16, 2016
In 1955, there was one psychiatric bed for every 300 Americans.
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MACRA Provides New Direction for U.S. Healthcare
- Lauren Doctoroff, MD, FHM;
- Suparna Dutta, MD, MPH
March 14, 2016
Last year, Congress passed legislation to permanently eliminate the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula, created in 1997 and designed to hold Medicare Part B or outpatient spending under control.
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Benefits of Medicaid Expansion for Hospitalists
March 12, 2016
By January 2016, 31 states and the District of Columbia had embraced the Medicaid expansion brought to bear by the Affordable Care Act.
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Preventing Patient Falls
March 11, 2016
Patient falls are a national issue, creating costs for every player in the healthcare system.
“Patient falls negatively impact patient outcomes, hospital costs, and costs for insurance and health systems,” says Jennifer Hefner, PhD, MPH, lead author of “A Falls Wheel in a Large Academic Medical C
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HM16 Session Analysis: Maximizing Collaboration With PAs & NPs: Rules, Realities, Reimbursement
- Amanda Trask, MBA, MHA;
- Cmpe, SFHM;
- Fache
March 9, 2016
Presenter: Tricia Marriott, PA-C, MPAS, MJ Health Law
Summary: Ms. Marriott brought humor to a detailed #HospMed16 presentation on the rules of reimbursement and Medicare requirements for physician assistants (PAs) and nurse practitioners (NPs).
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CMS Introduces Billing Code for Hospitalists: What You Need to Know
March 4, 2016
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced the approval of a dedicated specialty billing code for hospitalists that will soon be ready for official use.