Search results for "Reimbursement"
Community paramedics treating heart failure
Cardiologists and paramedics collaborated to keep some patients out of the hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/09/20/community-paramedics-treating-heart-failure.htm
20 Sep 2023
Top Docs
Our call for nominations last spring yielded an impressive number of nominees, from which our editorial board selected the ten featured here. These physicians have done admirable work in patient rounding, resident education, technology, workload balance, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/11/coverstory.htm
15 Nov 2013
HCAP: What's the organism?
Correct coding requires documentation of the presumed or confirmed causative organism.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/08/coding.htm
15 Aug 2014
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
Post-op infection rates decline with adherence to two or more prevention measures
Duration of ICU delirium associated with long-term cognitive performance
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/06/30/3.htm
30 Jun 2010
Mindful Medicine: When diagnoses get lost in translation
Jerome Groopman, FACP and Pamela Hartzband, FACP review two cases where a patient's use of key words led to anchoring errors in diagnosing an abdominal aortic aneurism and a classic case of intermittent claudication.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/12/mindful.htm
15 Dec 2008
Fear of malpractice suits prompts more tests, emergency referrals
Medicare patients received more diagnostic tests and referrals to the emergency department when treated by physicians who worry more about malpractice liability, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/08/14/5.htm
14 Aug 2013
Medication better than brain stent for stroke prevention
Medical therapy outperformed stenting for secondary prevention of stroke in patients with intracranial arterial stenosis, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/09/14/3.htm
14 Sep 2011
Accurate coding for transfer to post-discharge facilities
Accurate ICD-9-CM codes for diagnoses and procedures performed during a hospital stay will only partially determine payment. Discharge status codes must be given equal attention.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/09/coding.htm
15 Sep 2009
Hospitalists as physician advisors
An understanding of reimbursement, safety and quality issues makes hospitalists a good fit for the job.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/07/physadvisor.htm
15 Jul 2013