Search results for "Reimbursement"
Pulmonary rehabilitation within 90 days of discharge for COPD linked to lower mortality
Although an analysis of Medicare fee-for-service data from 2014 found significant benefits to pulmonary rehab within 90 days of discharge after a hospitalization for COPD, it also revealed that only 1.5% of studied patients received this care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/05/20/6.htm
20 May 2020
July 2013
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/07/
June 2010
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/06/
Transitional interventions cost-effective for elderly heart failure patients, model shows
A model of recently hospitalized 75-year-old heart failure patients found that disease management clinics, nurse home visits, and nurse case management were all more cost-effective than standard care, with the home visits offering the greatest value.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/01/29/3.htm
29 Jan 2020
Remote work for hospitalists
Telehospitalist systems provide benefits for both small hospitals and physicians.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/07/19/remote-work-for-hospitalists.htm
19 Jul 2023
CMS sepsis bundle may not improve survival, review finds
The authors expressed concern that basing hospital accreditation and reimbursement on use of SEP-1 interventions for all septic patients will transform unproven practices into universal care and potentially harm patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/02/28/3.htm
28 Feb 2018
March 2020
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/03/
November 2008
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/11/
Approval delays for high-cost OPAT common, associated with discharge to subacute care
Almost a third of patients who were prescribed outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) with daptomycin, ceftaroline, ertapenem, or a beta-lactam beta-lactamase inhibitor combination had to wait more than a day for prior authorization.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/11/06/2.htm
6 Nov 2019
August 2009
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/08/