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Medical Care Overuse Causes Waste, Harm in Healthcare
June 8, 2015
A trickle of anecdotes has become a flood of cautionary tales.
There’s one about the patient in intensive care who didn’t have a cardiac condition yet still had a troponin blood test on 26 consecutive days.
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Healthcare’s Main Contributors to Wasteful Spending
June 8, 2015
Three studies, same conclusion.
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Consider ACO Participation As Medicare Weighs Changes to Shared Savings Program
June 1, 2015
In December 2014, nearly three years since its launch, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the first proposed rule changes to the Shared Savings Program.
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Medicare Develops Next Generation Accountable Care Organization Model
May 5, 2015
ACO aims to provide more efficient, less costly coordinated care for patients
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Hospitalists Raise Healthcare Issues on Capitol Hill
May 5, 2015
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—Armed with blue folders chockablock with agendas, talking points, and fact sheets, about 100 hospitalists boarded three charter buses and descended on Capitol Hill last month like a swarm of erudite high schoolers on a class trip.
Clad in state-themed ties, suits, and dresses
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HM15 Offers Hospitalist Leaders Training, Encouragement
May 5, 2015
HM leaders share tips on managing patient care in era of healthcare reform
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What the SGR Repeal Means for Hospitalists
- Nancy K. Zeitoun, MD, FHM
April 22, 2015
The long awaited permanent repeal of the poorly designed Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) came just in time to avert the 21.2% Medicare physician payment cut that would have taken effect on April 1st, 2015.
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Outpatient Status Determinations for Medicare Patients Costly, Time-Consuming
April 21, 2015
The process of determining outpatient and inpatient status for hospitalized Medicare beneficiaries needs reform, according to a recent article in the Journal of Hospital Medicine.
These status determinations, made by Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs), are a growing concern for hospitals as increa
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Implementing Physician Value-Based Purchasing in Your Practice: HM15 Session Analysis
April 9, 2015
HM15 Session: Putting Your Nickel Down: The What, Why, and How of Implementing Physician Value-Based Purchasing in Your Practice
Presenters: Stephen Besch, Simone Karp RPh, Patrick Torcson MD MMM SFHM, Gregory Seymann MD SFHM
Summation: HHS has set a goal of tying increasing percentages of Med
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Hot Topics in Practice Management; HM15 Session Analysis
April 9, 2015
HM15 Session RAPID FIRE PANEL: Hot Topics in Practice Management Updates on Key Issues, Including the Key Characteristics of an Effective HMG
HM15 Presenters: Roy Sittig MD SFHM, Jeffrey Frank MD MBA, Jodi Braun
Summation: Speakers covered timely topics regarding the Accountable Care Act, nam