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News
Ingredients for effective team-based care
- Christopher Frost, MD, SFHM
December 19, 2018
In health care, we are undergoing a period of “punctuation.”
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ONC releases draft strategy on reducing EHR burden
December 5, 2018
Comments are sought to help drive direction of reforms.
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Opinion
CMS modifies the inpatient admission order requirement, or did it?
- Charles Locke, MD;
- Edward Hu, MD
November 15, 2018
Medicare auditors have been given discretion to overlook an inpatient order flaw, but providers have not.
News
Guideline authors inconsistently disclose conflicts
November 5, 2018
Review of payment records shows some undisclosed payments of $10,000 or more.
News
Study: Problems persist with APMs
October 24, 2018
Concerns reported in 2014 persisted into 2018 and were joined by new concerns over the pace of change and complexity as well as issues with two-sided risk models.
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Readmission to non-index hospital following acute stroke linked to worse outcomes
October 22, 2018
ATLANTA – Study adds to the stroke literature on nationwide estimates of 30-day readmissions.
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News
“You have a pending query”
- And Maria Reyna, MD;
- Geetanjali Rajda, MD;
- Lida Fatemi, MD
October 18, 2018
Physicians do not need to become coders, but it is helpful to have some understanding of what happens behind the scenes.
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News
Readmissions after GI bleeds
October 11, 2018
What is the rate of hospital readmission within 30 days of nonvariceal upper GI hemorrhage, and what are its effects on mortality, morbidity, and health care use in the United States?
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Telehealth: States broaden options for locations, providers
October 5, 2018
More states are expanding telehealth locations and broadening the pool of telemedicine providers, while fading out in-person requirements.
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Hospital-level care coordination strategies and the patient experience
October 2, 2018
Does patient experience correlate with specific hospital care coordination and transition strategies, and if so, which strategies most strongly correlate with higher patient experience scores?