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Starting in 2015, what hospitalists record will affect their facilities' Value-Based Payment Modifier and Physician Quality Reporting System results.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/09/coding.htm
15 Sep 2014
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The VBPM awards or penalizes physicians in group or solopractices for quality and cost of care. ... VBPM cost of care is measured by a single compos-ite score combining per capita Medicare costs (including Parts Aand B) and Medicare spending per beneficiary, then compared toa national mean
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/09/acph-201409-coding_t1.pdf
10 Sep 2014
Policy experts analyze health care reform
Panel members' views span a wide spectrum of policy and experience.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/05/health-care-reform.htm
15 May 2014
Inpatient versus observation status: the Medicare dilemma
The review process is flawed, and physicians should take action, three experts say.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/10/perspectives.htm
15 Oct 2012
Functional quadriplegia
Functional quadriplegia is clinically comparable to physical quadriplegia but is rarely diagnosed.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/05/coding.htm
15 May 2012
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The impact of functionalquadriplegia on intensity and complexity of care, severity ofillness, and cost of care is equivalent in every respect to phys-ical quadriplegia. ... plicating or comorbid conditions that contribute substantially. to the severity of illness, complexity of care and hospital reim-.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/05/acph-201205-coding_t1.pdf
1 May 2012
Hopes and fears abound at National Bundled Payment Summit
Speakers were optimistic about the potential to reduce health care costs without decreasing profits.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/01/summit.htm
15 Jan 2012
Test yourself: Delirium
These cases and commentary, which address delirium, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/11/ty.htm
15 Nov 2011
Macrolide antibiotic decreases COPD exacerbations in select patients
Daily azithromycin for one year decreased chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations and improved quality of life among select patients, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/08/31/4.htm
31 Aug 2011
Next-gen computers programmed to listen, advise and diagnose
Will computers someday replace physicians as diagnosticians?.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/08/diagnosis.htm
15 Aug 2011