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Opinion
Win Whitcomb: Hospitalists Central to Helping Hospitals Meet Performance Goals, Avoid Financial Penalities
- Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM
January 2, 2013
Payments at risk with value-based purchasing, readmission penalities, and hospital-acquired conditions force hospitalists to focus
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Value-Based Purchasing Model for Medicare Reimbursement Extends to Physicians
January 2, 2013
A primer on the CMS' physician value-based modifier (VBPM) program, including the how and when it will impact hospitalists
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Shaun Frost: Call for Transparency in Healthcare Performance Results to Impact Hospitalists
January 1, 2013
The federal Institute of Medicine (IOM), entrepreneurs, and consumer groups ramp up the power of public reporting
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Bipartisan Proposal to Repeal SGR Plan Likely to be Reintroduced
- Christopher Guadagnino, PhD
January 1, 2013
The Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 would replace the sustainable growth rate formula with a cost-effective model designed to promote quality and value through coordinated patient care
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Host of Factors Play Into Hospitalist Billing for Patient Transfers
January 1, 2013
Know your role in patient tranfers and avoid common billing mistakes
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More Hospitalists Opt for Part-Time Work Schedules
January 1, 2013
Key issues that physicians should address in their part-time employment contracts
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Report Outlines Ways Hospital Medicine Can Redefine Healthcare Delivery
December 2, 2012
Recommendations from the Institute of Medicine include reforming payment, adopting digital infrastructure, and improving continuity of care
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The Pros and Cons of Locum Tenens for Hospitalists
December 2, 2012
Paying temporary physicians over the long term can be overwhelming for cash-strapped hospitals and healthcare systems
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The Hospital Home Team: Physicians Increase Focus on Inpatient Care
- Larry Wellikson, MD, SFHM
December 2, 2012
Adminstrators look to hospitalists to solve workload, staffing and scope-of-practice issues
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Pay-for-Performance Challenged as Best Model for Healthcare
November 22, 2012
Critics find no evidence linking financial reward incentive plan with positive patient outcomes