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When a patient is admitted with an acute change in mental status, the physician should drill down to determine the known or suspected causes of the change.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/05/coding.htm
15 May 2010
Medicare reports on the 2016 Physician Fee Schedule Value Modifier
For physicians who haven't begun working on the Value Modifier, 2016 is the year for immediate action.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/05/coding-physician-fee-schedule-value-modifier.htm
15 May 2016
Just for the record
A computer crash prompts reflection on EHRs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/01/newman.htm
15 Jan 2009
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
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
Heart failure hospitalizations, costs increasing among young adults
Heart failure hospitalizations among adults ages 18 to 45 years increased from 2013 to 2018. More than half of patients were Black, and 45.8% lived in ZIP codes in the lowest quartile of national household income, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/04/27/heart-failure-hospitalizations-costs-increasing-among-young-adults.htm
27 Apr 2022
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
Length of stay: Timing it right
Strategies for achieving efficient, high-quality care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/10/los.htm
15 Oct 2014
coding corner July 2019 • ACP Hospitalist 5 Adult ...
Management is primarily supportive care. Patients with the condition require positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) while mechanically ventilated or noninvasive con-tinuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). ... MCCs reflect greater severity and cost of care than CCs. In summary, ARDS is identified by a precipitating event, a characteristic chest X-ray or CT scan and severe acute respiratory
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/07/acph-201907-coding-corner-ards_t1.pdf
27 Jun 2019
Top Docs
Meet our 2010 Top Hospitalists.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/11/top.htm
15 Nov 2010