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Sobering News on Quality Front
December 17, 2010
Medicare deaths tied to hospital care
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The Medicaid Gap
December 2, 2010
States face daunting financial shortfalls as patients endure substandard care
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A Bundle of Nerves
November 2, 2010
Early returns on payment reform demonstration projects show successes, but skeptics question why alternatives aren’t explored
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A Taxing Future for HM?
November 1, 2010
Washington is poised to take a bite out of your paycheck
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Background Checks
November 1, 2010
Honesty is the best tool for mitigating personal, professional issues
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Concurrent Care
November 1, 2010
How hospitalist services can justify daily care
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You Can See 40 a Day
- Larry Wellikson, MD, SFHM
November 1, 2010
New system would allow hospitalists to “orchestrate” patient care
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Healthcare policy experts discuss pros and cons of bundling
November 1, 2010
Stuart Guterman, vice president of the Washington, D.C.-based Commonwealth Fund's Program on Payment and System Reform, and Robert Berenson, MD, a senior fellow in the Urban Institute's Health Policy Center and vice chair of the Medicare Payment Advisory Committee (MedPAC), discuss payment reform models, rural hospitals, and the challenges of a capitated system
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Trial by Error: An Oklahoma Hospital’s Bundling Experience
November 1, 2010
Hillcrest Medical Center’s first-year experience with bundled payments provides an illuminating window into what other hospitals might encounter as the payment reform concept expands beyond the first few pilot sites.
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MGMA Names Hospitalist CEO Physician Executive of the Year
October 6, 2010
Singer’s recognition good for the specialty, hospitalists say