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News
Workforce Shortages, Increased Patient Populations, and Funding Woes Pressure U.S. Primary-Care System
July 31, 2012
The primary-care workforce has been on a downward slide that is sounding alarm bells throughout the country.
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Most Adverse Events at Hospitals Still Go Unreported
July 31, 2012
Hospitalists can help by fixing broken systems, creating safe-to-report work environments.
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Established Performance Metrics Help CMS Expand Its Value-Based Purchasing Program
- Christopher Guadagnino, PhD
July 31, 2012
CMS is marching toward a value-based payment modifier program that will adjust physician reimbursement based on the relative quality and efficiency of care they provide.
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Know Surgical Package Requirements before Billing Postoperative Care
July 31, 2012
With the growth of HM programs and the admission/attending role expansion, involvement in surgical cases comes under scrutiny for medical necessity.
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Opinion
Win Whitcomb: Spotlight on Medical Necessity
- Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM
July 31, 2012
Patients, hospitalists caught in crosshairs of the observation status conundrum.
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Report: Hospitalist Salaries Increase 6% from 2010 to 2011
July 18, 2012
Strong demand for HM clinicians a driving factor in compensation rise
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Hospitalists Should Prepare for the Patient-Centered Medical Home
July 3, 2012
As the “patient-centered medical home” model gains steam, hospitalists should know what’s coming
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Welcome, New Residents
July 3, 2012
What might not be of immediate concern to the newly minted, patient-focused doctor is the need to heal the medical system.
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Opinion
Win Whitcomb: Staying … and Paying
- Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM
July 3, 2012
CMS' chief medical officer sheds some light on confusing and aggravating Medicare issue.
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Defining a Hospitalist’s Role in Medicine
July 3, 2012
Medicine’s evolution shouldn’t undermine your expertise, autonomy, professionalism.