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Billing for Hospital Admission, Discharge in Same 24-Hour Period
March 3, 2015
Should the admitting physician or the discharge physician bill the CPT code (99234-99236) for a patient who is admitted and discharged in the same 24-hour period? —Charlette Dr.
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Hospital Violence Hits Home
March 3, 2015
Hospitalists could hardly be faulted for wondering: Am I safe?
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Hospitalists Try To Reclaim Lead Role in Bedside Procedures
March 3, 2015
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Infectious Diseases Society of America 2014 Practice Guidelines To Diagnose, Manage Skin, Soft Tissue Infections
March 3, 2015
Background Surveillance studies in the U.S.
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Vivek Murthy, Hospitalist and America’s Top Doctor
March 3, 2015
On Dec. 15, 2014, 37-year-old hospitalist and internist Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA, was sworn in as the 19th surgeon general of the United States. He is the youngest person to hold the post and the first of Indian-American descent. [caption id="attachment_7434" align="alignright" width="220"] Dr.
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Similar Outcomes for Patients Discharged on Weekends vs. Weekdays
February 24, 2015
Inpatients discharged from teaching hospitals on weekends experience similar postdischarge outcomes and shorter lengths of stay compared with patients discharged on weekdays, according to a recent Journal of Hospital Medicine study. The study, led by Finlay McAlister, MSc, MD, LMCC, general inter
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Threat of Facility Closure Puts Pressure on Rural Hospitalists
February 24, 2015
A pair of rural South Carolina hospitals that may soon shutter their doors is the latest example of the pressure on rural hospitalists, says a veteran HM director.
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Hospitalists Valuable Assets in Fight against Global Health Inequality
February 10, 2015
Hospitalists should not only lead efforts to control potential Ebola outbreaks in the U.S.
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Hospitalists Optimistic over ABIM Changes to Maintenance of Certification Requirements
February 10, 2015
News that the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) will reboot its controversial Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program is an opportunity for hospitalists to help shape their own professional development, according to former ABIM chair and hospital medicine pioneer Robert Wachter, MD, MHM.
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Procalcitonin-Based Algorithm Does Not Reduce Antibiotic Use in the ICU
February 10, 2015
Clinical question Can a procalcitonin-based algorithm reduce antibiotic use in critically ill patients? Bottom line A procalcitonin-based algorithm using a 0.1 ng/mL cutoff does not significantly decrease the duration of antibiotic treatment in critically ill patients nor does it reduce length
