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News
The Hospital Home Team: Physicians Increase Focus on Inpatient Care
- Larry Wellikson, MD, SFHM
December 2, 2012
Adminstrators look to hospitalists to solve workload, staffing and scope-of-practice issues
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Pay-for-Performance Challenged as Best Model for Healthcare
November 22, 2012
Critics find no evidence linking financial reward incentive plan with positive patient outcomes
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Accountable-Care Organizations on the Horizon for Hospitalists
November 15, 2012
HM groups should assess move from fee-for-service model, leading hospitalist says
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Opinion
Win Whitcomb: Hospitalists Must Grin and Bear the Hospital-Acquired Conditions Program
- Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM
November 2, 2012
Developed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the hospital-acquired conditions (HAC) program is as much about documentation as it is about providing good care
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Opinion
John Nelson: Learning CPT Coding and Documentation Tricky for Hospitalists
- John Nelson, MD, MHM;
- MHM
November 2, 2012
Tips to keep physician CPT coding straight
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News
Pressure to Expand Scope of Practice Extends to Most U.S. Hospitalists
November 1, 2012
Knowing where, and how, to draw the line will help hospitalists avoid over-expanding their services
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New ‘Meaningful Use’ Exemption is Valuable Option for Growing Number of Hospitalists
November 1, 2012
Hospital-based eligible professionals do not qualify for the Medicare or Medicaid electronic health record (EHR) incentive program, or impending payment penalties for not being 'meaningful users' of EHR technology
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Medical Coding: Hospice Care vs. Palliative Care
November 1, 2012
Knowing how to appropriately code for each of these costly services will ensure reimbursement
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Society of Hospital Medicine Joins Fight to Delay Medicare Cuts that Reduce Pay for Hospitalists
October 17, 2012
Scheduled Medicare belt-tightening would trim hospitalists' compensation in 2013
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Penalties for Hospitals with Excessive Readmissions Take Effect
October 10, 2012
Hospitals nationwide must curb their rate of 30-day readmissions for some Medicare patients, or lose millions in federal revenue