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Paid For Being Special
May 1, 2011
The next phase of hospital medicine
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CMS Requires “In-Person Encounter” to Initiate Home Health Services
May 1, 2011
The health reform law changes paperwork requirements; providers can no longer use discharge plans or transfer forms as evidence of “certification” of need for home health services
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The Comanagement Conundrum
April 1, 2011
Careful negotiation, clear agreement essential to hospitalists in shared-service situations
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Wachter Relishes Opportunity to Guide Hospitalists
April 1, 2011
HM pioneer considers annual meeting address “a privilege”
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HM11 PREVIEW: Insider’s Viewpoint
April 1, 2011
Former Obama advisor will speak to hospitalists about health reform
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Q&A with Hospitalist Administrator Amit Prachand
April 1, 2011
Amit Prachand, MEng
Division Administrator, Hospital Medicine
Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Feinberg School of Medicine,
Northwestern University, Chicago
Question: What motivated you to join SHM’s Administrators Task Force (ATF)?
A: I wanted to be able to directly interface with the comm
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The GOP Viewpoint
April 1, 2011
Senator expects ACA will be overturned, suggests individual accountability
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Pricey Problems
March 10, 2011
Readmissions, medication errors cost $46 billion a year in U.S.
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In the Literature: HM-Related Research You Need to Know
- David Lee, MD, MBA, FHM;
- Department OF;
- Frank Wharton, MD, FHM Srinivas Vuppala, MD;
- Prasad Ravipati, MD;
- Renee Meadows, MD, SFHM;
- Steven Deitelzweig, MD, MMM, SFHM;
- William Carter, MD
March 1, 2011
Physician reviews of HM-related research, including opioid risks, preventing hospital falls, antiplatelets added to warfarin for Afib, and cognitive effects of severe sepsis
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CPT 2011 Update
March 1, 2011
New observation-care codes aim to increase efficiency