Kelly April Tyrrell writes about health, science and health policy. She lives in Madison, Wisconsin, where she is usually running, riding her bike, rock climbing or cross-country skiing. Follow her @kellyperil.
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Colistin Resistance Reinforces Antibiotic Stewardship Efforts
In 2015, researchers in China announced they had found for the first time a bacterial gene conferring resistance to colistin.
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MACRA Rule Offers Little Clarity for Hospitalists
Last year, Congress put an end to the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR), which had become a yearly battle fought on behalf of and by physicians to...
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Hospitals Not Utilizing More Observation Services to Avoid Readmission Penalties: Study
Concern that the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) has led to more observation stays in an effort by hospitals to avoid readmission...
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New Hospitalist Billing Code Should Benefit Hospitalists, Patients
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that within the year hospitalists will be assigned their own specialty...
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Community Partnerships, Data Key to Readmission Reduction in Diverse Populations
When Houston Methodist Hospital noticed patients in one particular zip code were failing to make it to follow-up appointments after hospital...
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Benefits of Medicaid Expansion for Hospitalists
By January 2016, 31 states and the District of Columbia had embraced the Medicaid expansion brought to bear by the Affordable Care Act.
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LISTEN NOW: Harvard Health Policy Professor Robert Blendon Discusses Democratic Presidential Candidate Stances
Listen to more of our interview with Robert Blendon, professor of health policy and political analysis at the Harvard T.H.
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A Look at Democratic Presidential Hopefuls’ Healthcare Ideas
Unlike the crowded Republican primary field heading into this year’s presidential election, just three candidates seek the Democratic nomination:...
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Harvard Professor Robert Blendon, ScD, Discusses the Republican Presidential Candidates
[caption id="attachment_12614" align="alignright" width="240"] Robert Blendon, ScD[/caption] Listen to more of our interview on the GOP...
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Where Leading GOP Presidential Candidates Stand on Health Policies
As the long 2016 presidential election season draws on, Republican hopefuls strive to stand out among their fellow party candidates; however, many...
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Policy Changes Hospitalists May See in 2016
The year 2015 brought the repeal of the sustainable growth rate (SGR) and new rules for advanced care planning reimbursement.
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Hospitalists Support Medicare’s Plan to Reimburse Advance Care Planning
[caption id="attachment_11434" align="alignright" width="295"] SHM has joined 65 medical specialty and professional societies in signing a letter...
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Physicians Critical of Proposed Changes to Medicare's Two-Midnight Rule
[caption id="attachment_11176" align="alignright" width="300"] Hospitalist Ann Sheehy, MD, (left) meets with legislators after testifying in...
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Experts Urge Extension to Medicaid's Parity Program
On the last day of 2014, a provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that increased payments to some physicians providing primary care services...
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Hospitalist's Study Cited in Federal Recovery Audit Legislation Passed by Senate
Society of Hospital Medicine members have a real impact. [caption id="attachment_10802" align="alignleft" width="66"] Dr. Sheehy[/caption] A...