American Hospital Association's Physician Leadership Forum
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Webinar on clinical integration with physicians
This webinar features Chuck Kelly, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Henry Ford Health System, describing recent initiatives by hospitals to achieve a level of integration with physicians that appropriately aligns clinical and financial interests, as well as discussing the progress being made at his own system. Specific current integration models and strategies that address frequently encountered challenges are also discussed.
 
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Push to eliminate central-line infections
In this online video, John R. Combes, MD, president & COO, Center for Healthcare Governance, discusses how U.S. hospitals are working to eliminate bloodstream infections.
 
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Latest PLF webinars ready for download
Our two latest webinars, "Patient Driven Leadership" and "Physician Quality Reporting: Getting Started and Driving Improvement," are now available for download.
 
To download either of the webinars, click here.
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The American Hospital Association
December 8, 2011

HHS delays Stage 2 meaningful use for EHRs
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius recently announced that HHS will delay for one year the start of Stage 2 meaningful use for electronic health records (EHRs). This delay should help physicians and hospitals as it will allow more time for development, testing and implementation of EHRs. Also, it will allow physicians and other eligible providers (EPs) more opportunity to focus on Stage 1 requirements before shifting focus to new Stage 2 requirements.
 
EPs who have met the definition of Stage 1 meaningful use by October 3 (90 days prior to the end of calendar year 2011) must attest to meeting meaningful use by February 29, 2012 to qualify for 2011 incentive payments. Note that EHR incentive payments for EPs are based on a calendar year rather than a fiscal year, and hospital-based EPs do not qualify for Medicare EHR incentive payments.
 
Please see the November 30 American Hospital Association (AHA) Special Bulletin for more information. Physicians are eligible for either Medicare incentive payments (up to $44,000) or Medicaid incentive payments (up to $63,750), not both. However, physicians will still be subject to Medicare payment penalties if they are not meaningful users in CY 2015 and beyond.
 
To read the HHS news release, click here.
 
To read the AHA Special Bulletin (members only), click here.
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Physician fee schedule final rule for 2012
The American Hospital Association (AHA) has released a Regulatory Advisory summarizing the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Service’s physician fee schedule (PFS) final rule for CY 2012 with changes to the Medicare and other Medicare Part B payment policies. Released November 1, the rule also discusses changes to the physician quality reporting system, the eRx and EHR incentive programs, the physician resource-use feedback program and the VBP modifier. The rule’s changes generally take effect January 1, 2012.
 
To read the AHA Regulatory Advisory (members only), click here.
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Six steps for driving patient engagement
Kenneth Bertka, MD, a family physician and vice president of physician clinical integration at Mercy, a seven hospital and physician group system based in Toledo, Ohio, offers six steps on how to improve patient engagement.
 
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Patients and hospitals being affected by physician employment
As more physicians seek hospital employment, health officials are trying to figure out what impact this will have on patients, hospitals, and independent physicians.
 
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Medicare adds obesity screening as part of preventive services
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently announced that Medicare will add preventive screening and counseling services to reduce obesity.
 
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Lack of cardiologists in rural areas still a concern
A new study in the journal Health Affairs shows that although the cardiologist workforce in the United States has grown, people living in rural areas still lack access to a cardiologist.
 
To read the abstract, click here.
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Wisconsin physician shortage will continue to grow
A new report by the Wisconsin Hospital Association predicts the state will need an estimated 100 additional physicians per year to keep pace with demand for services by 2030.
 
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