Salient MD was honored to be a presenter at the SHM Gulf States Hospital Medicine Conference (June 2023). Our Presentation was entitled “Value-Based Purchasing: Hospitalist Implications”, addressed the origins and evolution of Value-Based Purchasing (VBP), and provided a summary of results to date. We discussed...

After spending the last decade working with Hospitalists in various capacities, we have observed the following:

• Hospitals are increasingly dependent on their Hospitalist Physicians, as Hospitalists tend to be the “clinical engine” of the Medical Center
• The dependence begins with providing quality, efficient care to an ever-increasing...

Hospital executives are rightfully focused on the length of inpatient episodes of care, as well as the relative efficiency of the discharge process itself. The Prospective Payment System (i.e., DRG’s) is associated with a fixed inpatient payment for various diagnostic groups, and excessively long stays...

Introduction

It is safe to postulate the relative importance of the revenue cycle to every medical practice. Hospitalist Medicine is no exception, but there is room to argue that it may, in many hospitalist programs, receive lower prioritization and therefore less attention than warranted.
 

Revenue Cycle...