News
Medical Coding: Hospice Care vs. Palliative Care
November 1, 2012
Knowing how to appropriately code for each of these costly services will ensure reimbursement
News
Society of Hospital Medicine Joins Fight to Delay Medicare Cuts that Reduce Pay for Hospitalists
October 17, 2012
Scheduled Medicare belt-tightening would trim hospitalists' compensation in 2013
News
Penalties for Hospitals with Excessive Readmissions Take Effect
October 10, 2012
Hospitals nationwide must curb their rate of 30-day readmissions for some Medicare patients, or lose millions in federal revenue
News
Contracts Need to Ensure Physicians are Free Agents
October 1, 2012
How to avoid restrictive employment agreements that prevent moonlighting, volunteering or appearing as an expert witness outside your clinical practice work.
News
Patient Satisfaction Critical to Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program
- Christopher Guadagnino, PhD
October 1, 2012
Although patients' happiness is hard to gauge, 30% of the federal program's financial incentive is based upon how well hospitals score on patient satisfaction surveys
Opinion
Win Whitcomb: Hospital Readmissions Penalties Start Now
- Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM
October 1, 2012
Hospitals must meet October 1st deadline for complying with the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Hospital Readmission Reduction Program or risk financial penalties
News
Managing the Customer Care Experience in Hospital Care
- Larry Wellikson, MD, SFHM
October 1, 2012
What healthcare can learn from Jiffy Lube and Cheesecake Factory
News
Navigating Rapid Changes in Healthcare Made Easy
October 1, 2012
Direction and motivation are key to overcoming healthcare's obstacles
News
Report: Hospitalists Can Trim Wasteful Healthcare Spending
September 20, 2012
Hospitalists at “nexus” of needed systemwide improvements, author says
News
As Hospitalists Cement their Worth, Compensation Continues Upward Climb
August 29, 2012
Median compensation for adult hospitalists rose 6% in 2011, while productivity remained nearly static, according to the Medical Group Management Association’s Physician Compensation and Production Survey.