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How hospitalists can help reduce readmissions
- Karen Appold
September 7, 2017
Multiple strategies exist that have either been proven to reduce hospital readmissions or show promise in doing so.
Opinion
Hospital value-based purchasing is largely ineffective
- MHM;
- Win Whitcomb, MD
September 7, 2017
Complicated pay-for-performance programs divert limited available resources away from meaningful improvement activities in order to comply with onerous reporting requirements.
Opinion
The impact of Election 2016
- MHM;
- Ron Greeno, MD, FCCP
July 28, 2017
The reality is that, the only thing that can save our health care system is if we lower the cost of care. And we know that, as providers, only we can do that.
Opinion
Hospitalists and cost control in the U.S. health care system
- Olugbenga Arole, MD, FHM, FACP
June 12, 2017
Hospitalists are strategically placed to ensure that each episode of care is provided in the most cost-efficient way possible without sacrificing quality.
Article
SHM group membership strengthens teams, builds leaders at iNDIGO
- Brett Radler
May 30, 2017
James W. Levy, PA-C, SFHM, managing partner at iNDIGO Health Partners, discusses the benefits that SHM’s group membership has brought to the iNDIGO hospital medicine team.
News
Grassroots policymaking demands that hospitalists team up
- Richard Quinn
May 25, 2017
LAS VEGAS – The potential repeal of ACA insurance reforms have taken center stage in the media, but SHM leaders urged hospitalists to focus more on MACRA.
News
Making sense of MACRA: MIPS and Advanced APMs
- Kelly April Tyrrell
May 24, 2017
A guide for hospitalists preparing for MACRA’s Quality Payment Program
News
Practice management skills more relevant than ever
- Richard Quinn
May 24, 2017
LAS VEGAS – Welcome to managing a practice, circa 2017. The day-to-day doings of an HM group – recruiting, retention, compensation, scheduling and more – are the backbone of the specialty.
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HM17 plenaries: Hospital medicine leading health care shift to value, quality
- Richard Quinn
May 22, 2017
LAS VEGAS – The three plenary speakers at HM17 said the destination that U.S. health care is traveling is pretty clear: a system that increasingly rewards quality care delivered at lower costs.
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HM17 session summary: Building a practice that people want to be part of
- Miguel Villagra, MD, FACP, FHM
May 22, 2017
Creating a “culture of ownership” by recruiting the right people, promoting physician leadership, and improving structural elements such as compensation model and schedule were topics discussed in a practice management precourse at HM17.