A Hospitalist’s Role in Driving Key Quality Metrics with Proper Documentation

Hospital executives continuously look for ways to enhance revenue generation. Hospitalists can use these details to lower length of stay and mortality rate.
Health Care ‘De-Innovation’ Essential to Creating a Culture of Change
How do you de-innovate to innovate? Read more about the challenges to de-innovate in healthcare challenges and how you can foster de-innovation to truly innovate.
Health Care Risk Management: Preparing for What Comes Next

What is healthcare risk management? Prepare for new variants and other emergencies by being proactive on risk management with these four measures.
Understanding MS-DRG and Its Effect on the Case Mix Index

How do Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) and Case Mix Index (CMI) affect hospital reimbursement and inpatient discharge rates?
Data Analytics Improve Patient Experience

Data analytics offer the opportunity to identify patterns and trends in patient feedback, driving patient experience improvement
Staffing Operations Outsourcing Partner
SCP Health clinical and operational expert explains the benefits and what to look for in a staffing operations partnership
Understanding IPPS 2014: Clarifying Inpatient Admission Criteria and Part A to Part B Rebilling
Understanding IPPS 2014: Clarifying Inpatient Admission Criteria and Part A to Part B Rebilling
Hospitalist Tips: How to Code for Discharge Services

Hospital discharge codes 99238 and 99239 are to report the total duration of time you spend on the date of discharge. Find out what activities can contribute to the total time billed.
Virtual Scribe Program Innovates EMR Documentation, Improves Patient Care
What is a virtual scribe and how does it work? We break down the concept and the documentation benefits it can have in the emergency medicine or hospital medicine setting.
ICD-10: Issues, Challenges for 2016
Read more about what pressing issues and challenges remain for hospital staff after implementing ICD-10.