Hospital Workgroup (HoW)

HoW Meeting Materials for April 12, 2007

• HoW Meeting Agenda (PDF, 55KB)
  
  
• Howard Pitluk presentation: SCIP Quality Measures: Evidence Review (PDF, 780KB)
  
  
• Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) (PDF, 94KB)
  
  
• May 1, 2007, WebEx: Howard Pitluk—SCIP Quality Measures: A Surgeon's Perspective (PDF, 142KB)
  
  
• Work Plan for Implementing SCIP (from the Spreading SCIP Success in Arizona Hospital Toolkit) (PDF, 112KB)
  
  
• Ricardo Escobar presentation: Human Factors in the Operating Room—A Demonstration Project (PDF, 138KB)
  
  
• Suzanne Powell presentation: To Admit or Observe: THAT Is the Question (PPT, 699KB)
  
  
• Your Medicare Rights: Hospital Discharge Appeal (PDF, 592KB)
  
  
• Medicare Decision Guidelines: Observation or Inpatient?
  (PDF, 95KB)
  
  
• Observation or Inpatient? Why Do We Sometimes Disagree? (PDF, 52KB)
  
  
• Suzanne Powell Editorial: "An Important Message from Medicare—New Rules on July 1, 2007" (PDF, 196KB)
  
  

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