News
Hospitalists: Leading health care innovation
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- Ron Greeno, MD, FCCP
April 27, 2017
I have never witnessed a health care movement quite like hospital medicine.
News
What drives readmissions within 90 days after MI hospitalization
April 26, 2017
WASHINGTON – Cardiologists and hospitals gear up for switch to Medicare bundled payments for acute MI.
News
Survey insights: Unwrapping the compensation package
- Debra L. Anoff, MD, FACP, FHM
April 21, 2017
It turns out pay is more complex than people assume.
News
Hospitalists prepare for MACRA, seek more changes
April 19, 2017
CMS issued final rules in October, and some changes were good news for hospitalists.
News
Hospitalist specialty code goes live: What ‘C6’ means for you
April 19, 2017
The long wait for the introduction of the C6 hospitalist specialty code has ended. If you are a provider, hospital, or hospitalist administrator, this new specialty designation is important.
Opinion
How’s your postacute network doing?
April 7, 2017
Hospitalists should lead the discussion with patients on postacute facility selection as it relates to which facilities are in the network and why going to a network facility is advantageous.
Opinion
Transitioning from your current medical practice: an abbreviated step-by-step guide
April 5, 2017
You have decided it is time to move on from your current position and transition into a new role. While this decision is exciting, it is critical that you make a plan and take specific steps to ensure that the transition is seamless.
News
Sneak Peak: The Hospital Leader Blog
- Ann M. Sheehy, MD, MS, FHM
April 3, 2017
There is no doubt transparency is important, and patients should be informed when hospitalized as outpatients instead of as inpatients. But the wisdom of the federal NOTICE Act essentially stops there.
News
HM17’s ‘must-see sessions’
March 31, 2017
11 editorial board recommendations for precourses, breakout sessions, and workshops
News
Adapting to change: Dr. Robert Wachter
March 31, 2017
Robert Wachter, MD, MHM, has given the final plenary address at every SHM annual meeting since 2007. His talks are peppered with his one-of-a-kind take on the confluence of medicine, politics, and policy – and at least once he broke into an Elton John parody. Where does that point of view ...