Search results for "Reimbursement"
Productivity bonuses for hospitalists may decrease high-value care culture
Researchers surveyed hospitalists from 12 California hospitals about their institutions' culture of value-based decision making and found an association between high-value culture scores and how hospitalists were paid.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/11/07/2.htm
7 Nov 2018
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
February 23, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/02/23/
Transitional care management yields benefit but is used rarely, study finds
An analysis of Medicare fee-for-service claims concluded that transitional care management is a promising delivery model innovation, while an editorial cautioned that payments may not be high enough to justify the extra work involved or may be targeted to the wrong place in the health care system.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/08/08/4.htm
8 Aug 2018
ICD-10-CM specificity: The sky isn't falling
ICD-10-CM documentation requirements will not require much more from physicians than is already needed
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/08/ICD-10-CM-specificity.htm
15 Aug 2015
Rethinking cellulitis
Flaws in diagnosis, prescribing are common.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/02/rethinking-cellulitis.htm
15 Feb 2017
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
Documenting skin ulcers: The pressure is on
Physicians must carefully identify patients at high risk of developing pressure ulcers and then initiate and document prevention strategies.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/05/coding.htm
15 May 2009
Reporting malnutrition
Documenting malnutrition as a secondary diagnosis helps establish the severity of an underlying illness, improves publicly reported data, and can increase reimbursement to the hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/08/coding.htm
15 Aug 2009
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