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How Will New Physician Value-Based Payment Modifier Affect Medicare Reimbursements?
March 1, 2014
Program will have hospitalists identify appropriate metrics, patient attribution
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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
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How Many Americans Will Remain Uninsured?
January 2, 2014
The “coverage gap” could affect as many as five million, putting the squeeze on safety net hospitals
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Hospitalist Rick Hilger, MD, SFHM, Discusses How the ACA Might Accelerate the Drive Toward ACO-style of Care
January 2, 2014
Rick Hilger, MD, SFHM, medical director for care management at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Minn., and a hospitalist for HealthPartners, talks about how the ACA might help accelerate the drive toward an ACO-style of care and how minimizing waste will become even more important.
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Hospitalist Joshua Lenchus, DO, RPh, SFHM, Says Obamacare Might Impact Patient Access, Physician Workload
January 2, 2014
Joshua Lenchus, DO, RPh, SFHM, associate professor of clinical medicine in the division of hospital medicine at the University of Miami, talks about how the ACA's provisions, including an increase in the number of insured patients, might impact patient access to care and doctor workload
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SHM Helps Hospitals Comply With Two-Midnight Rule for Patient Admissions
January 2, 2014
Webinar profiles policies developed by hospitals to conform with, implement rule
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Affordable Care Act Latest in Half-Century of Healthcare Reform
January 1, 2014
Highlights in 50-year timeline of national healthcare legislation, proposals, policies since Social Security Act adoped in 1965
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Observation-Status Patients Are Clinically Heterogeneous, Costly to Hospitals
November 1, 2013
What are the characteristics of a large cohort of patients under observation status?
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Hospital Strategies for Decreasing Readmissions for Heart Failure Patients
November 1, 2013
What steps can hospitals take to reduce readmission rates in patients with heart failure?
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Superficial and Deep/Organ-Space Surgical Site Infections Should Not Be Combined for Quality Measurement
November 1, 2013
What patient-risk factors predict superficial and deep/organ-space surgical site infections (SSIs) following colectomy procedures?
