News
Documentation, CMS-Approved Language Key to Getting Paid for Hospitalist Teaching Services
May 1, 2013
The teaching physician is paid for their personal and medically necessary service in providing patient care
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15 Things Dermatologists Think Hospitalists Need to Know
May 1, 2013
Experts offer tips to assess dermatologic cases
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Rival Hospitalists Can Bring Havoc, or Healthy Competition to Hospitals
May 1, 2013
Encouraging competing hospital medicine groups to work together amicably under one roof can be a challenge, say hospital executives
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SHM Tallies Ratio of Hospital Respondents’ Observation Admissions to Inpatient Admission Encounters
April 2, 2013
Included in the Society of Hospital Medicine’s 2012 State of Hospital Medicine Report, the new metric was added due to increased hospital observation encounters
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Affordable Care Act (ACA) Provision Carries Pay Raise for Some Hospitalists
April 2, 2013
Hospitalists who care for Medicaid patients will see a pay increase in 2013 and 2014 under ACA payment parity rules
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Opinion
Win Whitcomb: Front-Line Hospitalists Fight Against Health Care-Associated Infections (HAIs)
- Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM
April 2, 2013
Reducing in-patient rates of C. diff, MRSA, and other hospital-acquired infections essential to prevent providers from losing millions in Medicare payments
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Opinion
John Nelson: Excessive Workload a Concern for Many Hospitalists
- John Nelson, MD, MHM;
- MHM
April 2, 2013
Multiple factors contribute to workload concerns expressed by hospitalists
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Hospitalists Gear Up to Lobby Congress on Health Care Policy
April 1, 2013
SHM's annual trek to meet with Capitol Hill legislators on May 16 is expected to draw hundreds of hospitalists
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Continuing Medical Education (CME) Courses for Hospitalists Thrive Online
April 1, 2013
Smaller physician budgets and waning pharmaceutical industry support for in-person events drive demand for virtual CME offerings
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Danielle Scheurer: Thousands of Hospitalists Set Their Sights on HM13
April 1, 2013
Since its initial meeting of 100 hospitalists in 1998, the growing popularity of SHM’s annual meeting is testimony to the strength of the profession and the society’s leadership