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Hip fracture surgery patients with preoperative heart failure had higher mortality rates, were more often discharged to a skilled facility, and had longer hospital lengths of stay, according to a recent study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/12/21/3.htm
21 Dec 2011
Use HCC coding to engage hospitalists in value-based care
Hierarchical condition category (HCC) coding isn't just for outpatients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/07/perspectives-use-hcc-coding-to-engage.htm
15 Jul 2021
Making transfers run smoothly
A lack of guidelines and fragmented systems can impede success.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/02/making-transfers-run-smoothly.htm
15 Feb 2020
Do documentation improvement queries help?
Learn why you get so many queries these days and share your thoughts on them in a reader poll.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/07/free/do-documentation-improvement-queries-help.htm
7 Sep 2022
Top Hospitalists
The 2018 Top Hospitalists issue profiles 10 physicians with very diverse backgrounds and interests.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/11/top-docs.htm
15 Nov 2018
ICD-10-CM specificity: The sky isn't falling
ICD-10-CM documentation requirements will not require much more from physicians than is already needed
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/08/ICD-10-CM-specificity.htm
15 Aug 2015
Acute decompensated heart failure
Morning Report, a new feature, discusses the clinical and administrative aspects of a fictional but realistic hospital case from admission to discharge.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/10/morning-report-heart-failure.htm
15 Oct 2015
Pneumonia
Treatment, documentation, and follow-up for CAP, HCAP, HCAP, and VAP.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/01/morning-report-pneumonia.htm
15 Jan 2016
CMS updates payments, quality measures for 2010
October 1 is an important time to evaluate coding changes because it's when CMS’ annual update to the inpatient prospective payment system (MS-DRGs) takes effect.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/10/coding.htm
15 Oct 2009
The center of your universe
You start your morning rounds. You will spend the next 12 hours here. This is your world. And you are the center of it.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/01/newman.htm
15 Jan 2013