News
Academic Hospitalist Academy Provides Resources for Success
September 1, 2013
Course helps hospitalists navigate academic medicine programs, develop peer network
News
Medicare Penalties Make Hospital-Acquired-Infection Solutions a Priority
September 1, 2013
Regulatory shift would reduce reimbursement to hospitals for treating patients with certain HAIs
Audio
Listen to John Vazquez, MD, discuss neurophobia and tips for adjusting to discomfort in treating neuro patients
August 2, 2013
John Vazquez, MD, Medical Director of Emory University Hospital, talks about neurophobia, the discomfort some hospitalists and other doctors feel with regard to treating neurological patients, as well as tips for adjusting to that discomfort
Audio
Oklahoma Hospitalist Discusses Medical Center Devastation, Community Response
August 2, 2013
Joseph R. Womble, MD, talks about the devastating tornado that hit the medical center in Moore, Okla., and how he expects the community to respond
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Listen to Project BOOST lead analyst Luke Hansen, MD, MPH, discuss the outcomes study published in JHM
August 2, 2013
Luke Hansen, MD, MPH, Project Boost lead analyst and lead author of the research paper published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine, talks about the research, its context, the challenges it faced and the results achieved despite the difficulties
News
Can Medicare Pay for Value?
August 2, 2013
Physician quality reporting system (PQRS) and physician value-based payment modifier (VBPM) plan could reward high-quality, low-cost health care
News
The Pros and Cons of Electronic Health Records
August 2, 2013
Payments for demonstrating meaningful use of EHR technology can benefit eligible professionals, hospitals, but problems with upcoding, physician notes persist
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Opinion
Bundled-Payment Program Basics
August 2, 2013
Hospitalists’ roles and financial stake in health-care reimbursement model of accountable care organizations
News
Congressional Budget Office Says Health-Care Inflation Is Slowing
August 2, 2013
CBO lowers its projections for next decade's spending on Medicare, Medicaid, extended insurance coverage under Affordable Care Act
News
Technology Developers Encouraged to Make Hospital Pricing More Transparent
August 2, 2013
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to award $120,00 in prizes to creator of intuitive, actionable tools that demystify health care costs for consumers
