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Table. Distribution of 2016 Value Modifier (VM) awards and ...
Table. Distribution of 2016 Value Modifier (VM) awards and penalties. Tier VM adjustment.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/05/acph-201605-coding-physician-fee-schedule-value-modifier_t1.pdf
2 May 2016
Medicare reports on the 2016 Physician Fee Schedule Value Modifier
For physicians who haven't begun working on the Value Modifier, 2016 is the year for immediate action.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/05/coding-physician-fee-schedule-value-modifier.htm
15 May 2016
Discharge meds
A patient's request presents an ethical dilemma.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/10/newman.htm
15 Oct 2016
Heart failure readmission rates not associated with quality or mortality
The results raise questions about the validity of 30-day readmissions as a performance and payment metric for hospitals, the authors said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/11/16/2.htm
16 Nov 2016
What is clinical validation?
Diagnoses documented in a patient's record must be substantiated by clinical criteria generally accepted by the medical community.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/12/coding-clinical-validation.htm
15 Dec 2016
Taking stock of the readmission penalties
CMS program has led to lower readmissions but may need updating.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/04/penalties.htm
15 Apr 2017
CMS metric for 30-day readmissions may not be linked with improved care quality, outcomes after MI
Overall adherence to acute process-of-care measures for myocardial infarction (MI) was high and did not differ significantly by whether hospitals had more or fewer admissions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/05/03/2.htm
3 May 2017
Short and long heart failure stays associated with more readmissions than medium-length
The multicenter Canadian study also found the highest mortality rates among heart failure patients with a length of stay that exceeded eight days.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/05/17/2.htm
17 May 2017
1 in 5 inpatient antibiotic regimens results in adverse drug event
Researchers also looked at whether the prescribed antibiotics were clinically indicated and found that 19% of them were not, most commonly due to treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria or noninfectious lower respiratory tract conditions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/06/21/1.htm
21 Jun 2017
Antimicrobial stewardship, readmissions
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/07/in-the-news.htm
15 Jul 2017