IPC in the News 2007

• November 23, 2007 Medicare Takes Aim at Hospital-Acquired Conditions   ACP Hospitalist

  New reimbursement rules could put hospitalists in the driver's seat.

• November 23, 2007 Tackle Technology   The Hospitalist

  Featuring IPC's Dr. Dennis Deruelle, this article discusses how PDAs and PCs are a growing part of hospital practice.

• November 23, 2007 The Family Way   The Hospitalist

  Family physicians find satisfaction as hospitalists, face challenges.

• November 23, 2007 Adam Singer: Chairman and CEO, IPC The Hospitalist Company   Hospital Topics

  Interview with IPC's CEO and Chairman, Dr. Adam Singer.

• October 23, 2007 The Bad Hire   The Hospitalist

  Highlighting the steps to bring the right people into your hospitalist group.

• September 23, 2007 Summit Attendees Tackle Continuity of Care Issues   ASHP's InterSections

  IPC's Dr. Ken Epstein is quoted in this article.

• August 23, 2007 How Pop-Up Reminders Can Boost Your Score on Quality Measures   Today's Hospitalist

  A study of CHF drugs found the problem wasn't with prescribing, but documentation.

• August 23, 2007 Industry Think Tank: Today’s Boom Times Could be Tomorrow’s Crisis   Today's Hospitalist

  Leaders from the nation’s largest groups explain why they want better representation on key issues.

• August 23, 2007 Hospitalists and LTACs: For Some Physicians, It’s a Perfect Fit   Today's Hospitalist

  Article includes interviews by both Dr. Adam Singer and IPC hospitalist Dr. Christine Myatt.

• August 23, 2007 Changes Afoot at Physician-Owned Specialty Hospitals  ACP Hospitalist

  Article includes interviews with both Drs. Adam Singer and IPC hospitalist Anne Borik.

• August 23, 2007 Taking Steps to Improve Documentation Skills   Hospitalist Management Advisor

  This article features Dr. Ken Epstein and discussed the importance of clinical reminders.

• July 23, 2007 Having a Hard Time Taking a Vacation?   Today's Hospitalist

  A look at the obstacles hospitalists face in taking time off.

• July 23, 2007 The Phoenix Group Gets Ready to Take on the Issues  Hospitalist Management Advisor

  The Phoenix Group gets ready to take on the issues Private practice group forms to push hospitalist issues forward.

• May 23, 2007 Hospital Medicine's Management Shuffle  Today's Hospitalist

  Shifting management strategies may mean a rough ride for physicians

• May 23, 2007 Phoenix Meeting Serves as Launch Pad for Hospitalist Think Tank   The Business Journal Phoenix

  Thirteen health care leaders are calling themselves "The Phoenix Group" and hope to bring the concept of hospitalists to the forefront of medicine in the same way managed care made its mark.

• April 23, 2007 Hospitalist Consolidation Begins   Modern Physician

  With 15 acquisitions in the past three years, IPC The Hospitalist Company is driving the trend of acquiring smaller practices in what appears to be the beginning of a consolidation in the fledgling hospitalist industry.

• April 23, 2007 Special Report on Hospitalists   Part B News Online

  Hospitalists: Weigh the profit potential & risks, understand pros & cons plus the billing implications.

• April 23, 2007 Hospitalists' DIY Approach Pays Off   HealthLeaders

  When it comes to hiring commercial IT vendors, Adam Singer, MD is a skeptic.

• April 23, 2007 Research Letter   Archives of Internal Medicine

  The Spectrum of Community-Based Hospitalist Practice: A Call to Tailor Internal Medicine Residency Training

• April 23, 2007 Frequency of New or Worsening Symptoms in the Posthospitalization Period   Society of Hospital Medicine
• April 23, 2007 The Quarterback   Johnson City Press

  Hospitalists have greater role in care.

• March 23, 2007 How to Ace the Job Interview Process   Today's Hospitalist

  Failing to ask the right questions could land you the wrong job.

• March 23, 2007 Score!   The Hospitalist

  The connection between hospitalists and core measures scores.

• March 23, 2007 Tips to Creating a Successful Hospitalist Program   ACP Observer

  New hospitalist programs are being developed rapidly—2,000 programs in the 10 years since the concept was born.

• February 23, 2007 Big Kahunas   The Hospitalist

  A look at six of today’s largest hospital medicine organizations and what makes them tick.

• February 23, 2007 IPC's In-House Application   The Hospitalist

  How one hospital medicine group maximizes technology with a proprietary practice management tool.

• January 23, 2007 The SHM Survey: A Tool for Benchmarking Hospital Medicine Practices   The Hospitalist

  Productivity and compensation benchmarks can be useful when negotiating with hospital administrators for increased reimbursements and support resources, when recruiting hospitalists, and when conducting self-evaluations.