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News
The rapidly disappearing community pediatric inpatient unit
- Weijen W. Chang, MD, SFHM, FAAP
July 12, 2018
Across the U.S., pediatric inpatient units in community hospitals have failed to even flirt with breaking even.
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Medicare hospital deaths decline, hospice usage increases
June 26, 2018
During 2000-2015, Medicare recipients became less likely to die in hospitals.
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Do free meals to physicians affect opioid prescribing?
June 19, 2018
SAN DIEGO – Physicians who received 1 free meal made about 150 opioid claims; those who received more than 10 made more than 700 claims.
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Opinion
‘You are what kind of doctor?’
- Brad Flansbaum, DO, MPH;
- MHM
May 11, 2018
The privilege of participating in the SHM project has been an education no grant or scholarship could equal, says Dr. Brad Flansbaum.
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CMS floats Medicare direct provider contracting
April 27, 2018
A new request for information seeks input on how such a system might work.
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Welcome to Day 3 at HM18
- Nasim Afsar, MD, MBA, SFHM
April 11, 2018
Today offers sessions on advancement with topics for mid-career hospitalists and those aspiring to leadership roles.
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Session to cover expanding HM scope of practice to pre- and posthospitalization care
April 11, 2018
“As hospital medicine continues to advance, we are being asked to help hospitals and health care systems with challenges that extend beyond the hospital."
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MedPAC urges CMS to curb low-value care
April 10, 2018
23%-37% of Medicare beneficiaries received at least one low-value service in 2014, based on analysis of claims data, for an expenditure of $2.4 billion to $6.5 billion, although that was probably an underestimate.
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SHM CEO to highlight need to prepare for change
April 10, 2018
His overall message will boil down to this: Learn the skills you’ll need.
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Hospitalists ‘perfectly poised’ to drive health care reform
April 9, 2018
ORLANDO — HM18 keynote speaker Kate Goodrich, MD, said hospitalists are well positioned to help drive important change to the U.S. health care system.