News
Affordable Care Act Latest in Half-Century of Healthcare Reform
January 1, 2014
Highlights in 50-year timeline of national healthcare legislation, proposals, policies since Social Security Act adoped in 1965
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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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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Allowing Specialty Society Registries To Submit Quality Data to PQRS
December 19, 2013
SHM committees continue working on viable options for hospitalists
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Opinion
Get Ready for Transition to ICD-10 Medical Coding
- John Nelson, MD, MHM;
- MHM
December 2, 2013
The International Classification of Diseases' new diagnosis codes and how hospitalists can prepare to use them
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News
Six Interventions To Radically Improve the U.S. Healthcare System
December 2, 2013
Hospitalists can be pivotal in leading shift to lower cost, high quality, patient-centered care
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Large Hospital Systems, Physician Groups Most Likely to Form Accountable Care Organizations
December 2, 2013
Study finds institutions, groups familiar with risk-based, population-based payment models adopting ACO structure
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Infectious Disease Specialists Improve Patient Outcomes
December 2, 2013
Mortality risk lower for patients who see an ID physician within 48 hours of hospital admission
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News
SHM Backs Medicare Reimbursement for End-of-Life Care Counseling
December 2, 2013
Proposed legislation would cover advance-care planning consultations between patients, healthcare providers
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News
Hospitalists Outline Quality of Care Initiative for Inpatients with Atrial Fibrillation
December 2, 2013
Evidence-based approaches, assessment tools can improve outcomes
News
Physicians Feel Responsibility to Address Healthcare Costs
- Aaron C. Hamilton, MD, MBA, FACP;
- Amy T. O’Linn, DO, FHM, FACP;
- Anil Reddy Anumandla, MD;
- Gaurav Kistangari, MD;
- Gopal Veeraraghavan, MD, FACP;
- Hannah Tiu, MD
November 1, 2013
What are physicians’ attitudes toward addressing healthcare costs and which strategies do they most enthusiastically support?