John Nelson, MD, MHM Archives - Page 4 of 8

Opinion
Proper Inpatient Documentation, Coding Essential to Avoid a Medicare Audit
July 1, 2014
Tips to help your hospital medicine group ensure appropriate CPT coding
News
Hospitalists Working Hard to Improve Patient Care
April 1, 2014
Physicians' use of educational content sponsored by Society of Hospital Medicine, other groups designed to provide better patient-centered care
Opinion
Problem Solving In Multi-Site Hospital Medicine Groups
March 2, 2014
Meetings, shared-staffing models can reduce hospitalist tension in multiple practice sites
News
Shift from Productivity to Value-Based Compensation Gains Momentum
February 1, 2014
Hospitalists should expect larger portion of pay to be measured by costs, quality, outcomes as Medicare expands value-based purchasing program
Opinion
Electronic Health Records Can Complicate Who Does What in a Hospital
January 2, 2014
EHR adoption has had unintended consequences, both good and bad, on who does what in hospitals
Opinion
Get Ready for Transition to ICD-10 Medical Coding
December 2, 2013
The International Classification of Diseases' new diagnosis codes and how hospitalists can prepare to use them
Opinion
Multi-Site Hospital Medicine Group Leaders Face Similar Challenges
November 1, 2013
Ensuring cohesion among groups, incorporating common operating principles, encouraging interaction among hospitalists key to managing different locations
Opinion
MGMA Surveys Make Hospitalists’ Productivity Hard to Assess
October 1, 2013
Methodology used to assign doctors' full-time work and extra shifts can be misleading
Opinion
MGMA Physician Compensation Survey Raises Questions About Performance Pay
September 1, 2013
Survey includes extra-shift and bonus pay into median compensation figure for hospitalists, though not all physicians earn performance incentives
Opinion
Why Hospitalists Should Provide Patients with Discharge Summaries
August 2, 2013
Simple act could help reduce health-care expenditures, readmissions