News
How to Handle Medicare Documentation Audits
November 1, 2013
Providing comprehensive, timely responses is crucial to preventing claims denial
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News
SHM Report Provides New Insights About Physician Practice Leaders
November 1, 2013
Leadership roles expand to help hospitals meet performance improvement goals
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Opinion
New Rules for Value-Based Purchasing, Readmission Penalties, Admissions
- Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM
October 1, 2013
What hospitalists should know about the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ revised guidelines for hospital performance measures
News
What Is the Best Empiric Therapy for Community-Acquired Cellulitis?
- Amitabh Purohit, MD;
- Daniel D. Dressler, MD, MSc, FHM;
- Karen Clarke, MD, MSc, MPH
October 1, 2013
Antibiotic treatment is recommended and must provide coverage for community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection
News
SHM Advocates for Medicare to Cover Skilled-Nursing Facilities
October 1, 2013
Hospitalists push to pass Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act that counts observation status toward three-day requirement for SNF patient care
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News
Nominations for SHM Board of Directors, Committees due Oct. 21
October 1, 2013
Current SHM leaders discuss benefits of board, committee membership
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Opinion
MGMA Physician Compensation Survey Raises Questions About Performance Pay
- John Nelson, MD, MHM;
- MHM
September 1, 2013
Survey includes extra-shift and bonus pay into median compensation figure for hospitalists, though not all physicians earn performance incentives
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News
Career Boost a Benefit of Winning SHM’s Research, Innovations, and Clinical Vignettes Poster Competition
September 1, 2013
Past winners describe how the recognition helped shape their professional path
News
Reviews of Research on Steroids and VTE Risk, Epidural Catheterization, and Beta-Blockers During Noncardiac Surgery
- Alexander R. Carbo, MD, SFHM;
- Deb Levy, MD, MPH;
- Grace Farris, MD;
- Ian McCormick, MD;
- Lauren Doctoroff, MD, FHM;
- Vasudev C. Mandyam, MD
August 2, 2013
Also reviewed this month: advance-care planning for hospitalized elderly, impact of surgical complications, and patient-centered decision making
News
Speakers at HM13 Stress Overarching Reform, Day-to-Day Implementation
June 1, 2013
Hospitalists advised to put patients first, and embrace teamwork, quality initiatives