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Advance care planning benefit presents challenges
October 12, 2017
Some are having success using new Medicare billing codes, while other doctors say barriers are preventing usage.
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SHM suggests tweaks to CMS QPP proposal
October 5, 2017
The Society of Hospital Medicine approves of the direction CMS is heading when it comes to measuring pay-for-performance for hospitalists in its Quality Payment Program.
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‘Observationists’: Ready for prime time in an internal medicine residency program
September 28, 2017
Teaching and exposure to observation medicine is not currently a mainstay in many internal medicine residency programs, but perhaps it should be.
News
Battling physician burnout delivers monetary benefits for health care organizations
September 25, 2017
Organizations can combat physician burnout, and the effort is worthwhile, as well as morally and ethically important.
Opinion
New hospitalist unit has stellar patient satisfaction scores
September 22, 2017
Here’s how a hospitalist group in Ohio achieved top quartile performance on the Physician Communication domain of the HCAHPS survey.
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More studies show Medicaid expansion has benefited hospitals
September 12, 2017
Any contraction of the Medicaid expansion offered through the Affordable Care Act will reduce overall health insurance coverage and could have important financial implications for U.S. hospitals.
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Opinion
Hospital value-based purchasing is largely ineffective
September 7, 2017
Complicated pay-for-performance programs divert limited available resources away from meaningful improvement activities in order to comply with onerous reporting requirements.
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VIP services linked to unnecessary care
August 31, 2017
Does “very important person” (VIP) status impact physician decision making and lead to unnecessary care?
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Communication tools improve patient experience and satisfaction
August 24, 2017
In a culture prioritizing clinical outcomes above all, there can be a tendency to lose sight of one of the most critical aspects of providing effective care: the communication skills that build and foster physician-patient relationships.
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Standardized infection ratio for CLABSI almost halved since 2009
August 21, 2017
Other hospital-related infections can’t match drop in SIR for central line–associated bloodstream infections.
