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Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/09/in-the-news.htm
15 Sep 2017
Productivity bonuses not so productive for high-value care
California hospitalists were surveyed about their institutions' culture of high-value care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/03/qa-productivity-bonuses-not-so-productive-for-high-value-care.htm
15 Mar 2019
Heart failure documentation and coding challenges
Identifying the systolic versus diastolic nature of heart failure is crucial for clinical management and coding purposes.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/02/coding-corner-heart-failure-documentation-challenges.htm
15 Feb 2019
MD and DO hospitalists provide care of similar cost and quality
A retrospective study of hospitalized Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries found no differences in 30-day mortality, readmissions, length of stay, or spending between those cared for by physicians with an allopathic versus an osteopathic degree.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/05/31/md-and-do-hospitalists-provide-care-of-similar-cost-and-quality.htm
31 May 2023
New internists choosing to be hospitalists
A study finding that inpatient practice was the overwhelming practice choice of recently certified general internal medicine physicians highlights problems with medical payments and training, experts said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/06/22/new-internists-choosing-to-be-hospitalists.htm
22 Jun 2022
HCCs explained
Hierarchical condition categories (HCCs) are used by Medicare for risk adjustment.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/06/coding-corner-hccs-explained.htm
15 Jun 2019
Too many or too few: Who belongs in the ICU?
Some experts are starting to question how the nation's critical care beds are being used.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/02/coverstory.htm
15 Feb 2013
Diagnostic documentation for oncology
Specific documentation is needed to reflect the severity of illness of these patients, as well as their associated risks, complexity of care, resources, and costs of care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/03/coding.htm
15 Mar 2014
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
ICD-10-CM specificity: The sky isn't falling
ICD-10-CM allows much greater specificity of diagnosis codes, it will require little more from physicians than ICD-9
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/07/ICD-10-CM-specificity.htm
15 Jul 2015