Search results for "Reimbursement"
Multi-pronged intervention reduces readmissions, lowers costs
An intervention comprising inpatient coaching, home visits and post-discharge follow-up calls reduced 30-day readmission rates by 36% in a real-world setting, researchers reported.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/08/03/3.htm
3 Aug 2011
Spotting delirium
Quick screening tools may help hospitalists identify more patients at risk.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/03/delirium-screening.htm
15 Mar 2016
MDs phone homes
Among all the advanced technologies available to hospitalists, one of the best tools for helping recently hospitalized patients thrive may be one of the oldest and simplest: the telephone.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/02/phone.htm
15 Feb 2010
Medicare takes aim at hospital-acquired conditions
Medicare's recent announcement that it will stop paying for some hospital-acquired conditions has hospitals ramping up their quality improvement efforts, and some experts predict that hospitalists are likely to find themselves center stage.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/11/cover-story.htm
15 Nov 2007
Urinary catheter-associated infections: Before or after admission?
Any infection related to a device or catheter of any type is classified for coding purposes as a complication of care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/02/coding.htm
15 Feb 2011
Predicting sepsis and its trajectory
Biomarkers, automated systems, and rapid diagnostics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/12/predicting-sepsis.htm
15 Dec 2015
Acute tubular necrosis
Review how to diagnose and document this common cause of acute kidney injury.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/09/coding-corner-acute-tubular-necrosis.htm
15 Sep 2018
Connecting the causes and codes for pneumonia
The rules that govern code assignment for pneumonia bear little relationship to long-accepted clinical documentation practices.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/08/coding-pneumonia-causes.htm
15 Aug 2016
Malnutrition revisited
Criteria remain problematic from the clinical, coding, and regulatory perspectives and deserve more attention and discussion
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/01/coding-malnutrition-revisited.htm
15 Jan 2017
Why observation care ‘just doesn't make sense’
An expert suggested eliminating observation status by creating payments that blend inpatient and outpatient rates to alleviate burdens on patients and clinicians.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/04/25/2.htm
25 Apr 2018