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US Behind the World in Telemedicine
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- Will Boggs Md
September 17, 2015
NEW YORK - The American College of Physicians (ACP) has issued a baker's dozen of recommendations intended to guide the effective use of telemedicine in primary care settings.
"The recommendations balance the potential benefits and expanded use of telemedicine with the importance of maintaining t
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Physicians Critical of Proposed Changes to Medicare’s Two-Midnight Rule
September 9, 2015
[caption id="attachment_11176" align="alignright" width="300"] Hospitalist Ann Sheehy, MD, (left) meets with legislators after testifying in Washington, D.C., regarding issues surrounding Medicare’s two-midnight rule.[/caption]
In the wake of proposed changes to the Centers for Medicare and Medic
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Hospitalists Play Vital Role in Patients’ View of Hospital Stay
September 9, 2015
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Many Older Acute MI Patients Don’t Complete Rehab
August 11, 2015
(Reuters Health) - Most older adults who are hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction do not attend even one of the recommended cardiac rehabilitation sessions, according to a new study.
Cardiac rehab increases physical and cardiovascular fitness through structured exercise and
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New Bill Hopes to Increase Residency Medicare Slots after Two Previous Bills Failed
July 29, 2015
The new version again seeks to increase Medicare residency slots by 15,000 over five years, while attempting to identify physician shortage specialties and increase the workforce diversity.
Two federal bills introduced in 2013, the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act and the Training Tomorr
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Medical Professionalism: Its Evolution and What It Means to Hospitalists
July 29, 2015
Professionalism is an overused word in the medical industry. What exactly is meant by professionalism, and what should it mean to hospitalists?
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Opinion
The Three-Year Plan
- Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM
July 29, 2015
Although 2019 may seem like a long way away, it isn’t too soon to start thinking about and preparing for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) or its (seemingly preferable) alternative, participation in an alternative payment model (APM) such as an ACO, a medical home, or a bundled payment
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Institute of Medicine Report Prompts Debate Over Graduate Medical Education Funding, Oversight
July 29, 2015
Ever since 1997, when the federal Balanced Budget Act froze Medicare’s overall funding for graduate medical education, debates have flared regularly over whether and how the U.S.
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The Difficulty of Predicting Physician Shortages
July 29, 2015
Much of the criticism directed at the IOM’s proposed revamping of federal GME funding stems from the idea that a graying population will place additional strains on a healthcare system that already is facing a significant doctor shortage.
“Number one, they came out and said, ‘We don’t know that t
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Experts Urge Extension to Medicaid’s Parity Program
July 29, 2015
On the last day of 2014, a provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that increased payments to some physicians providing primary care services to the country’s poorest patients expired.