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PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
Regulated Relationship?
AMA to develop guidelines for NPP contracts
By Richard Quinn
As the American Medical Association (AMA) develops a toolkit to help physicians implement contracts that govern the professional relationship between physicians and non-physician providers (NPPs), one SHM committee member says the trade group should keep an open mind on the pros and cons of such agreements. The AMA House of Delegates last month tasked its staff to develop the toolkit after several delegates expressed concerns that without the so-called “practice agreements,” NPPs and physicians do not have clear boundaries on the scope of practice responsibilities, according to American Medical News, the society’s newspaper. Lorraine Britting, MS, NP-C, a member of SHM’s Non-Physician Provider Committee, says the agreements can be a framework for certain practices but might be seen as burdensome to HM groups that have worked for years without the contracts in place.
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NEWS
Development Phase
Pediatric HM conference highlights maturation of growing sub-specialty
By Mark Shen, MD
More than 350 pediatric hospitalists convened in Tampa, Fla., last week for Pediatric Hospital Medicine (PHM) 2009, tri-sponsored by SHM, the Academic Pediatric Association (APA), and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). More impressive than the continued growth of the field, however, was the palpable theme of development and maturation. The theme was immediately evident as Patrick Conway, MD, MSc, took the stage to give the keynote address. Dr. Conway, a card-carrying pediatric hospitalist, has built upon his beginnings in health services research and a White House fellowship to become the chief medical officer in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Secretary/Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. He also is the executive director of the Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research.
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