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A novel approach to MIPS quality reporting for facility-based providers
Facility-based measurement represents a massive philosophical and practical shift in CMS measure reporting.
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Healthcare Policies Affecting Hospitalists, Hospitalized Patients Advance in 2015
Laws and regulations regularly impact hospitalists and hospitalized patients, which is why SHM’s Advocacy Department and Public Policy Committee (...
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Reimbursement of Advance Care Planning by Medicare Has Support of Hospitalists
On Oct. 31, 2014, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the 2015 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Proposed Rule.
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SHM Helps Hospitals Comply With Two-Midnight Rule for Patient Admissions
Webinar profiles policies developed by hospitals to conform with, implement rule
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Hospitalists' Role in PQRS, Pay for Performance Gets Boost
SHM effort supports adding inpatient codes to Physician Quality Reporting System to help hospitalists participate in Value-Based Payment Modifier...
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Meaninful Use of HIT: Are Hospitalists Eligible?
Are hospitalists eligible for health information technology incentives under stage 2 of meaningful use?
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SHM, Hospitalists Play Key Roles in CMS Innovation
A lot has happened in the past year at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, and many details can now be filled in. Some of those...
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Continued Pressure, Collaboration, Member Action Key to Ending SGR
Congress was going to finally put an end to the Sustainable Growth Rate formula in 2011. What happened?
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Policy Corner: An Inside Look at the Most Pressing Policy Issues
IOM report highlights health IT promise and problems
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Policy Corner: Are ACOs Back? Has CMS Listened to Provider Concerns?
The final rule on ACOs indicates that the government has taken comments from SHM and other organizations to heart.
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Coming soon to a hospital near you (maybe): Bundling
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POLICY CORNER: new documentation requirement could burden hospitalists
CMS Requires Face-to-Face Physician Encounter for Home Health Services
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POLICY CORNER: Despite significant QI, disparities among poor Americans persist.
Hospitalists and the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
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POLICY CORNER: An inside look at the most pressing policy issues
SHM Earns Patient Safety Organization Status
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NEW FEATURE: POLICY CORNER: An inside look at the most pressing policy issues (updated 01.04.2011)
Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation charged with finding ways to reduce healthcare costs while maintaining or improving quality