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Issue Date: March 2004
Young Physicians Choose New Options
This editorial discusses how physicians today are seeking to balance their lifestyle with how they practice medicine.
The Pitfalls of Medicare Billing
This article discusses steps physicians can take to make sure they code properly when billing Medicare. Specifically, the article discusses billing for bundled services, physical exams, routine and screening care, consults, and incident-to care.
Standards Needed to Reduce Errors
This article discusses the recomendations in the Institute of Medicine's report, Patient Safety: Achieving a New Standard of Care, including the IOM's recommendation that the health care system adopt methods to prevent injuries before they occur, rather than reporting them after they have happened.
IOM Calls for Universal Coverage
This article discusses the Institute of Medicine's report Insuring America's Health: Principles and Recommendations. The report says that all proposals for extending health care should be judged by five principles: health care coverage should be universal, continuous, affordable for individuals and families, affordable and sustainable for society, and enhance health and well-being by promoting access to high-quality care.
To Survive, Hospitals Will Need to Develop Partnerships With Physicians
In this article, Daniel K. Zismer, PhD, a principal with Dorsey Health Strategies and a management consultant to hospitals and health systems, discusses the strategies physicians will need in an era of specialty autonomy and specialty-owned facilities.
Report Shows Shortage of Doctors May Be Magnified by “Physician Flight”
This article discusses the results of a survey mailed to physicians age 50 and older who were asked about their attitudes toward medicine and their career plans. Among the results, one that could have a large impact on the health care system is that within three years 17% of physicians between 50 and 65 plan to close their practices to new patients or significantly reduce their workload.
Readmission Eyed as Outcome Measure
This article discusses the results of a study which found that hospital readmission within 30 days after discharge after coronary artery bypass graft surgery can be an important outcome measure and that identifying the predictors of readmission can help prevent complications in patients most at risk.
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