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Opinion
The Three-Year Plan
July 29, 2015
Although 2019 may seem like a long way away, it isn’t too soon to start thinking about and preparing for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) or its (seemingly preferable) alternative, participation in an alternative payment model (APM) such as an ACO, a medical home, or a bundled payment
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Institute of Medicine Report Prompts Debate Over Graduate Medical Education Funding, Oversight
July 29, 2015
Ever since 1997, when the federal Balanced Budget Act froze Medicare’s overall funding for graduate medical education, debates have flared regularly over whether and how the U.S.
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The Difficulty of Predicting Physician Shortages
July 29, 2015
Much of the criticism directed at the IOM’s proposed revamping of federal GME funding stems from the idea that a graying population will place additional strains on a healthcare system that already is facing a significant doctor shortage. “Number one, they came out and said, ‘We don’t know that t
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Antiepileptic Drugs Reduce Risk of Recurrent Unprovoked Seizures
July 29, 2015
Clinical question: What are the updated recommendations for treating first unprovoked seizure in adults? Background: Approximately 150,000 adults present with an unprovoked first seizure in the U.S. annually, and these events are associated with physical and psychological trauma.
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New Expectations for Value-Based Healthcare
July 29, 2015
A new book by three leading hospital medicine advocates for maximizing efficiency and outcomes while managing costs and avoiding waste in healthcare—also known as value-based healthcare—offers a primer filled with practical advice for doctors and other clinicians.1 The hospitalist authors of Underst
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Opinion
Tips for Hospitalists on Spending More of Their Time at the Top of Their License
July 29, 2015
[caption id="attachment_10717" align="alignright" width="250"] Image Credit: SHUTTERSTOCK.COMI think arranging post-hospital appointments should be no more difficult for the hospitalist than ordering a CBC.[/caption] Hospitalists spend too little time working at the top of their license.
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Experts Urge Extension to Medicaid’s Parity Program
July 29, 2015
On the last day of 2014, a provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that increased payments to some physicians providing primary care services to the country’s poorest patients expired.
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Hospitalist’s Study Cited in Federal Recovery Audit Legislation Passed by Senate
July 29, 2015
Society of Hospital Medicine members have a real impact. [caption id="attachment_10802" align="alignleft" width="66"] Dr. Sheehy[/caption] A paper published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine in April by Ann Sheehy, MD, MS, and colleagues was recently cited in Sen.
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Podcast Series “Before the White Coat” Explores Early Lives of Hospitalists
July 29, 2015
Editor’s note: This article is adapted from a June 2015 post on SHM’s official blog, “The Hospital Leader”. When you see him on stage, it’s like he’s always been here.
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Specialty Hospitalists May Be Coming to Your Hospital Soon
July 29, 2015
Nearly 20 years ago, Bob Wachter, MD, coined the term “hospitalist,” defining a new specialty caring for the hospitalized medical patient.
