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Effect of Nonpayment on Nosocomial Infection Rates in U.S. Hospitals
- Eric A. Young, MD;
- Kristin A. Stratton, MD;
- Mel L. Anderson, MD, FACP;
- Section OF
February 2, 2013
Did the 2008 Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) policy denying additional payment for hospital-acquired conditions result in decreased rates of nosocomial infections?
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Medicaid Payments for Some Primary-Care Services Reach Parity with Medicare Levels
January 2, 2013
Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) recommendations lead to payments by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for hospitalist-related codes
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Opinion
John Nelson: Peformance Key to Federal Value-Based Payment Modifier Plan
- John Nelson, MD, MHM;
- MHM
December 2, 2012
What the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' new pay-for-performance program means to hospitalists
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Physician Value-Based Payment Initiative Would Change Medicare Reimbursement
- Government Relations Specialist;
- Josh Lapps
October 1, 2012
Value-based scheme would shift Medicare's traditional fee-for-service plan toward some type of pay-per-performance model.
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Physician Payment Systems Remain Constant
July 31, 2012
Where payment for the service of hospitalists fits into the insurance/Medicare payment system.
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SHM Calls for CMS to Shorten Time Frame for Reporting and Returning Medicare Overpayments
May 1, 2012
Proposed extended audit time problematic, unreasonable for hospitalists, SHM says
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Deadline Extension for Bundled Payments Program
September 21, 2011
HM group leaders should monitor CMS’ new risk-reward arrangements
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How High Can Your Support Payments Go?
July 1, 2011
As the healthcare system attempts to cut costs, financial support to HM groups continues decades-long surge.
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Hospitalists discuss the time-honored tradition of hospital payments to HM groups
July 1, 2011
Troy Ahlstrom, MD, SFHM, CFO of Hospitalists of Northern Michigan, a hospitalist-owned and -managed group based in Traverse City, and John Laverty, DHA, vice president of hospital-based physicians at HCA Physician Services in Nashville, Tenn., discuss hospital payments to HM programs
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Subsidy or Payment?
July 1, 2011
The story of hospitalist funding in six questions