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Medical Care, 03/19/07
Zhan, Chunliu MD, PhD, et al. - The inability to distinguish complications acquired in hospital from comorbid conditions that are present on admission (POA) has long hampered the use of claims data in quality and safety research...Conclusions: To be consistent with pay-for-performance principles and make claims data more useful for quality assurance, incorporating POA coding into DRG-PPS could produce sizable savings for Medicare
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Medicare cracks down on false claims
Medical Economics, 11/02/09
2009 earnings survey: How do you compare
Medical Economics, 09/29/09
How sensitive is physician performance to alternative compensation schedules? Evidence from a large network of primary care clinics
Health Economics, 10/29/09
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Practices lose financial ground as recession outpaces productivity
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Potential needs funding
Practice Nursing, 11/10/09
Medicare Changes Mean Billing Changes
HealthDataManagement, 11/24/09
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Practices lose financial ground as recession outpaces productivity
American Medical News , 10/28/09
What Did STARD Teach Us? Results From a Large-Scale, Practical, Clinical Trial for Patients With Depression
Psychiatric Services, 11/02/09
Safety and Risk Management Interventions in Hospitals: A Systematic Review of the Literature
Medical Care Research and Review, 09/29/09
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Reduced in-hospital mortality for heart failure with clinical pathways: the results of a cluster randomised controlled trial
Quality & Safety in Health Care, 11/02/09
Improving colon cancer screening rates in primary care: a pilot study emphasising the role of the medical assistant
Quality & Safety in Health Care, 11/02/09
Health and well-being in care staff and their relations to organizational and psychosocial factors, care staff and resident factors in nursing homes
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 11/02/09
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging And Low Back Pain Care For Medicare Patients
Health Affairs, 11/06/09
Some specialists will see extra cuts in Medicare pay
American Medical News , 11/19/09
CMS issues physician fee schedule final rule
American Hospital Association News, 11/16/09
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Cost to Primary Care Practices of Responding to Payer Requests for Quality and Performance Data
Annals of Family Medicine, 11/11/09
Improving colon cancer screening rates in primary care: a pilot study emphasising the role of the medical assistant
Quality & Safety in Health Care, 11/02/09
Secrets of the Top 10 Health Systems for Quality, Efficiency
AMN Healthcare, 11/05/09
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