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New Oral Anticoagulants Advance Treatment Options, Create Complications for Hospitalists
February 1, 2013
While oral anticoagulants are expected to help streamline hospitalized patients' care and discharge, questions remain about their effect on admissions and length of stay
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New Codes Bridge Hospitals’ Post-Discharge Billing Gap
February 1, 2013
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) transitional-care management codes may boost post-discharge clinics, clarify hospitalists’ discharge planning
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Hospitalists Spared Reduced Medicare Reimbursement Rates … For Now
January 31, 2013
Congress averts spending cuts for current year, but SHM will continue lobbying for long-term solution
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In the Literature: Research You Need to Know
January 31, 2013
Revised GOLD guidelines describe updated approach to COPD diagnosis, management
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The Patient-Doctor Relationship Gap
January 17, 2013
Study shows patients are less likely to stick with their medications if their physician is a poor communicator
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Pharmacist-Hospitalist Collaboration Can Improve Care, Save Money
January 17, 2013
Avoiding adverse drug events and unnecessary hospital readmissions among the benefits of promoting collaborative approach to patient care
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Vasoactive agents lower mortality in patients with acute variceal bleeds
January 15, 2013
For patients with acute variceal bleeds, does the use of vasoactive agents improve outcomes?
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CABG superior to PCI in diabetics with multivessel CAD (FREEDOM)
January 15, 2013
For patients with diabetes and multivessel coronary artery disease, which revascularization strategy provides better outcomes?
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Billing Expert Explains Why Documentation, Education, and Feedback Are Crucial to Reimbursement
January 10, 2013
Sherri Dumford, MBA, CHBME, director of operations and past president of the Healthcare Billing and Management Association, explains why it’s important to understand the components that substantiate billing codes and why administrators need to regularly educate and provide feedback to providers.
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: CogentHMG hospitalist explains how hospitalists can prepare for Value-Based Purchasing at hospital, individual level
January 10, 2013
Julia Wright, MD, SFHM, FACP, president of the MidAtlantic Business Unit for CogentHMG, talks about how hospitalists can get up to speed on the new reality of value-based purchasing at both the hospital and physician level.