Search results for "Reimbursement"
Letter from the Editor
This month's issue features a look at small hospitals and readmission measures, as well as ways to prevent acute kidney injury and to predict sepsis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/12/lfe.htm
15 Dec 2015
Upper gastrointestinal bleed
This edition of Morning Report focuses on a fictional patient with an upper gastrointestinal bleed.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/06/morning-report-gi-bleed.htm
15 Jun 2017
More Medicaid money, fewer problems
The expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act reduced hospital closures, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/06/qa-more-medicaid-money-fewer-problems.htm
15 Jun 2018
CMS tests easing E/M requirements
Current changes apply to outpatient visits, but they might be expanded to hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/01/coding-corner-cms-tests-easing-em-requirements.htm
15 Jan 2019
Weighing in on BMI
A patient's body mass index can have a profound effect on the complexity of care and the risks of complications, morbidity and mortality.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/04/coding.htm
15 Apr 2011
ICD-10 embraces definitions of MI
Learn the new codes and coding rules for the six types of MI that were recently recognized by the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/11/coding-icd-10-definitions-of-mi-part-2.htm
15 Nov 2017
Split/shared services
To constitute a substantive portion of an E/M visit, all or some of the key components should be provided: history, physical exam, and/or medical decision making.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/04/coding-split-shared-services.htm
15 Apr 2016
Brazil's first hospital medicine congress offers promise, challenges
Brazil's first hospital medicine congress offers promise, challenges.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/08/brazil.htm
15 Aug 2008
Hospital medicine update
The reimbursement spotlight is shifting to pay-for-performance, and this year's moderators for the update in hospital medicine at Internal Medicine 2007 in San Diego discussed its impact on physicians.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/06/med-update.htm
15 Jun 2007
Too much of a good thing?
Possible overuse of CTs is currently attracting attention from payers, regulators and politicians, but may be dealt with most simply by individual physicians.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/12/ct.htm
15 Dec 2010