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Opinion
Win Whitcomb: Mortality Rates Become a Measuring Stick for Hospital Performance
February 2, 2013
Hospitalists can be crucial players in reducing hospitals' 30-day mortality rates and avoiding potential cuts to Medicare reimbursement
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Multidisciplinary Palliative-Care Consults Help Reduce Hospital Readmissions
February 2, 2013
Research shows lower readmission rates for seriously ill, hospitalized, Medicare-age inpatients who received consults from a palliative-care team
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VTE Pathway Improves Outcomes for Uninsured Patients
February 2, 2013
Standardized VTE care reduced readmission rates and shortened length of stay for uninsured patients in an urban hospital
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Well-Designed IT Systems Essential to Healthcare Integration
February 2, 2013
Solid technology critical to accurate information transfer during transitions of care for hospitalized patients
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Hospitalists Get Answers to Tough Healthcare Questions
February 1, 2013
The Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) provides answers to frequently asked questions around cutting-edge healthcare policy issues at www.hospitalmedicine.org/advocacy
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HMX Term of the Month: CMS 1500
February 1, 2013
CMS 1500 is a medical claim form established by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to submit paper claims to Medicare and Medicaid
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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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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.
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Quality Improvement Project Helps Hospital Patients Get Needed Prescriptions
January 2, 2013
Hospitalists participating in a multidisciplinary "brown bag medications" program were trained to recognize patients at high-risk for not filling prescriptions, and help them get their medications at discharge
