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Survey Insights: Better Understand CPT Coding Intensity
July 31, 2012
Ways to benchmark your group’s coding performance against other similar groups.
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New Infection-Control Weapons Emerge
July 31, 2012
New technology that infuses a copper oxide into hard surfaces or fabrics could soon become a major weapon in hospitals.
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Demographics Correlate with Physician Web Technology Use
July 31, 2012
Younger, male doctors at teaching hospitals were better predictors of technology use than were practice-based characteristics.
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Hospitalist-Run Observation Unit Demonstrates Financial Viability
July 31, 2012
Hospital observation unit run by hospitalists rather than by ED physicians can be financially viable.
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Physician Payment Systems Remain Constant
July 31, 2012
Where payment for the service of hospitalists fits into the insurance/Medicare payment system.
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HQID Achieved Quality Goals, Mapped Path to Better Healthcare Future
July 31, 2012
To conclude that value-based purchasing will have a limited effect based on a narrow measure of outcomes is a very big leap.
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Family-Medicine-Trained Hospitalists Fit to Handle ID Issues
July 31, 2012
We have internal medicine and family medicine working together well on our hospitalist teams.
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ICD-10 Update
July 31, 2012
In April, HHS published a proposed rule to delay the compliance date for ICD-10.
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Vineet Arora discusses primary-care workforce challenges
July 31, 2012
Dr. Arora outlines the factors to consider to entice medical students to choose a primary-care career
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Psychiatric Hospitalist Model Supported by New Outcomes Research from UK
July 18, 2012
Evidence of hospitalist-model benefits “overwhelming,” lead author says