News
Hospitalists Ascend on Capitol Hill
May 18, 2013
SHM's annual "Hospitalists on the Hill" day brings critical health care issues directly to representatives
News
HM13 Session Analysis: The Business of Medicine
May 17, 2013
Financial challenges should be expected when leading an academic division
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News
Sunshine Rule Requires Physicians to Report Gifts from Drug, Medical Device Companies
May 2, 2013
Exemption will allow indirect payments to speakers at CME classes or courses
News
Documentation, CMS-Approved Language Key to Getting Paid for Hospitalist Teaching Services
May 1, 2013
The teaching physician is paid for their personal and medically necessary service in providing patient care
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News
Drive Change in an ACO
- Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM
April 30, 2013
Change your mindset and consider four key strategies
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SHM Tallies Ratio of Hospital Respondents’ Observation Admissions to Inpatient Admission Encounters
April 2, 2013
Included in the Society of Hospital Medicine’s 2012 State of Hospital Medicine Report, the new metric was added due to increased hospital observation encounters
News
Affordable Care Act (ACA) Provision Carries Pay Raise for Some Hospitalists
April 2, 2013
Hospitalists who care for Medicaid patients will see a pay increase in 2013 and 2014 under ACA payment parity rules
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Opinion
Win Whitcomb: Front-Line Hospitalists Fight Against Health Care-Associated Infections (HAIs)
- Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM
April 2, 2013
Reducing in-patient rates of C. diff, MRSA, and other hospital-acquired infections essential to prevent providers from losing millions in Medicare payments
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News
Medicare CMO Encourages Hospitalists to Become Experts in Managing Quality Patient Care
April 1, 2013
A top official at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will deliver a keynote speech urging hospitalists to step up their focus on patient-centered outcomes at SHM's annual meeting, HM13
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News
Hospitalists Gear Up to Lobby Congress on Health Care Policy
April 1, 2013
SHM's annual trek to meet with Capitol Hill legislators on May 16 is expected to draw hundreds of hospitalists