Search results for "Penalties"
Hopes and fears abound at National Bundled Payment Summit
Speakers were optimistic about the potential to reduce health care costs without decreasing profits.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/01/summit.htm
15 Jan 2012
Observation care rate rises, inpatient rate drops, for Medicare patients
The prevalence of observation care increased between 2007 and 2009, while it fell for inpatient care, a new analysis of Medicare patients found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/06/13/1.htm
13 Jun 2012
HAI but POA
A study indicates that public reporting of hospital infection rates should note which were present on admission.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/06/qa.htm
15 Jun 2012
Postdischarge med errors common in heart patients despite pharmacist intervention
Postdischarge medication errors were common in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) or acute decompensated heart failure even with a pharmacist-led intervention, a new study has found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/07/04/4.htm
4 Jul 2012
Succeeding as a new hospitalist
You can't completely avoid stress while transitioning from trainee to full-time hospitalist, but you can mitigate it.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/07/coverstory.htm
15 Jul 2012
Hospital medicine matures
Post-acute care is emerging as a dedicated field of practice on a path similar to hospital medicine's a decade or so ago.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/10/coverstory.htm
15 Oct 2012
In the News
Rehospitalization after MI, hospitalists and outcomes, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/10/itn.htm
15 Oct 2012
Taking charge after discharge
Medicare payment penalties have helped spur the industry's growth.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/01/discharge.htm
15 Jan 2013
Post-hospital syndrome
With no definitive method in place to keep patients from returning to the hospital, perhaps it's time to look at the problem in a new way.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/03/coverstory.htm
15 Mar 2013
Bringing the hospital to the patients
A handful of programs around the country provide hospital-level care to patients without admitting them to the hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/05/hosphome.htm
15 May 2013