Search results for "Health care costs"
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
In the News
Dabigatran risks, C. diff, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/06/itn.htm
15 Jun 2012
A new Rx for crowded hospitals: Math
Operations management expert brings queuing theory to health care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/12/math.htm
15 Dec 2007
Changes afoot at physician-owned specialty hospitals
When Oklahoma Heart Hospital opened in August 2002 in Oklahoma City, it didn't take long for nearby community hospital Baptist Medical Center to realize it needed to make some changes to offset the loss of patients. But new government and state regulations will mean changes in the specialty hospital workplace in the coming months and years.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/08/cover-story.htm
15 Aug 2007
The ABCs of DRGs
Learn about the history and significance of diagnosis-related groups (DRGs).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/05/coding-corner-the-abcs-of-drgs.htm
15 May 2019
CODING CORNER May 2019 • ACP Hospitalist 5 Diagnosis-related ...
In 1983, Medicare adopted the DRG methodology (now known as CMS-DRGs) for hospital inpatient care reimbursement, with the intention of curbing skyrocketing health care costs. ... In 2007, CMS adopted Medicare Severity DRGs (MS-DRGs) to better differentiate patients’ severity of illness and associated costs of care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/05/acph-201905-coding-corner-the-abcs-of-drgs_t1.pdf
27 Apr 2019