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Patients Dissatisfied with Medicare Advantage Plans
- (Reuters Health);
- Andrew M. Seaman
November 20, 2015
NEW YORK - Medicare Advantage plans might not be meeting the needs of patients requiring the costliest and most complex levels of care, a new study suggests.
Between 2010 and 2011, such patients were more likely to switch from Medicare Advantage plans to traditional Medicare, rather than vice ver
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ICD-10 Under ACP Scrutiny
- (Reuters Health);
- Will Boggs Md
November 19, 2015
NEW YORK - While the new International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical
Modification (ICD-10-CM) codes offer greater diagnostic precision, their implementation will require training of clinicians, coders, and other staff to minimize payment denials or delays from both public and
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Elderly Patients with Pneumonia Benefit from ICU Care
- (Reuters Health);
- Megan Brooks
November 18, 2015
NEW YORK - Elderly patients with pneumonia whose need for intensive care unit (ICU) admission is uncertain actually fare better in the ICU than on the general medical ward, a new study suggests.
"Although our results should be confirmed with a randomized trial, clinicians should be aware that man
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Dementia Most Costly Terminal Disease, Study Says
- (Reuters Health);
- Lisa Rapaport
November 13, 2015
Families may spend almost twice as much caring for dementia patients at the end of life than they might if their loved one suffered from a different disease, a U.S. study suggests.
Costs paid by Medicare, the U.S.
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Outpatient Care Costly for Hospitals
November 12, 2015
NEW YORK - Outpatient care may cost more when hospitals own the medical practices or employ the physicians, a U.S.
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New Medicare Rule Will Reimburse Physicians for Advance Care Planning
- Nancy K. Zeitoun, MD, FHM
November 5, 2015
Hospitalists care for patients with the most serious, chronic, and complex illnesses. As a result, they are often faced with the daunting task of counseling their patients to help them clearly define their end-of-life wishes.
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Hospitalist David Weidig, MD, Witnessed the Field Grow During His Decades-long Career
November 4, 2015
David Weidig, MD, was there at the beginning. He was one of the first internal medicine-trained physicians to adopt hospital-based practice. He was one of the first to proudly call himself a hospitalist.
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Policy Changes Hospitalists May See in 2016
November 4, 2015
The year 2015 brought the repeal of the sustainable growth rate (SGR) and new rules for advanced care planning reimbursement.
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ED Lung Ultrasound Useful for Differentiating Cardiogenic from Noncardiogenic Dyspnea
- Alan Hathcock, MD;
- David Kitchell, MD;
- Frank Wharton, MD;
- Jeremiah Newsom, MD;
- Steven Deitelzweig, MD, SFHM;
- William Carter, MD
November 4, 2015
Clinical question: Is lung ultrasound a useful tool for helping to diagnose acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF)?
Background: Lung ultrasound is an emerging bedside tool that has been promoted to help evaluate lung water content to help clinicians differentiate ADHF from other causes of dyspn
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Risk Adjusting Readmissions: Coming Soon?
November 4, 2015
Nearly three-quarters of hospitals will be receiving penalties from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in 2016 for excess readmissions, having failed to prevent enough patients from returning to the hospital 30 days post-discharge.