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More in the Affordable Care Act than the Mandate
May 25, 2012
The dual purpose of the ACA is patient protection and cost control.
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Survey Insights: HM’s Financial Support Requirement
May 25, 2012
HM groups becoming more sophisticated about how they account for the costs of their hospitalist programs.
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HIT Continues Spread Across Health Networks
May 25, 2012
The proportion of U.S. hospitals using health information technology has doubled in the past two years.
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Efficacy, Diagnoses, Frequency Play Parts in Coverage Limitations
May 25, 2012
Medicare may only pay for items and services that are “reasonable and necessary for the diagnosis or treatment of illness or injury or to improve the functioning of a malformed body member,” unless there is another statutory authorization for payment.
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The Future of Hospital Medicine
- Larry Wellikson, MD, SFHM
May 25, 2012
The biggest challenge hospitalists face is fulfillment of our promise.
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Change Happens—Make Sure You Are Prepared
May 25, 2012
What to do when your hospitalist group is imploding.
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D.C. Insiders, HM Leaders Urge Hospitalists to Stay in Fight to Achieve Quality in Era of Reform
April 26, 2012
SHM Public Policy Committee Chair Ron Greeno, MD, MHM, outlined how accountable care organizations are designed to change the healthcare payment paradigm.
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Beware Hospital Compare? New Measures Highlight Questions Surrounding Healthcare Quality Report Cards
April 26, 2012
A recent addition of patient-safety metrics has rekindled skeptical questions about the validity, purpose, and effectiveness of public healthcare quality report cards.
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Win Whitcomb: Hospitalists, PCPs, and Population Health
- Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM
April 26, 2012
Game on with SHM’s Complex Medically Ill Project
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Why Hospitalists are Important, Integral, and Irreplaceable
April 26, 2012
As an introduction to my new role as physician editor, I should explain why I took this on. Simply stated: I drank the Kool-Aid. I firmly believe in the power and future of hospital medicine.