Search results for "Admission decisions"
A new approach to inpatient admission status
Physicians must consider certain Medicare regulations, requirements when deciding whether to admit.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/09/coding.htm
15 Sep 2013
A new approach to inpatient admission status
Physicians, not the hospital or case managers, are responsible for making the correct determination.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/08/coding.htm
15 Aug 2013
Too many or too few: Who belongs in the ICU?
Some experts are starting to question how the nation's critical care beds are being used.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/02/coverstory.htm
15 Feb 2013
Observation status: making the right call
Understanding when to admit a patient to observation status or to inpatient status can be confusing and challenging##mdash;and so can knowing when it's appropriate to bill for one or the other.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/04/coding.htm
15 Apr 2012
Simple guidelines inform decisions about telemetry
A hospitalist's first instinct might be to order continuous cardiac monitoring for an ED patient with chest pain, but that could lead to inappropriate use of resources.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/03/telemetry.htm
15 Mar 2012
February 2019
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/02/