HIPAA and Credit Cards
Note: this is a long post about untested legal issues. I may not know what I am talking about, so I welcome input!
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Medicaid Check Update, Podcast, PMI
First, I took a moment to update the post I wrote about confirming your Medicaid "booster" checks. Dr. Barden and Jose @ AAP reminded me that we're supposed to use the 2009 Medicare CF instead of the 2013 CF, which amounts to a 5.7% increase!
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Fast Facts About Urgent Care (Parents Magazine, 12/13)
Update: Parents magazine has provided a direct link to the article. Head there!
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2013 ICD9 Analysis
Whew, that was quite an interesting time at AAP NCE - thanks to all of you who spent time with us (you know who you are). I really appreciate the new Hawaiian shirt I received from my friends.
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Clearinghouse Bullying
A good friend remarked that my blog is a little "stale" these days, and she was right. I am so caught up in putting out fires these days - ARRA, PCMH, portal design, etc. - that I forget to come back here.
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"Obamacare" and Well Visits . . . Do The Inscos Pay More
It's been too long since I've had a post like this. Glad to get back to the most important material we share.
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One Pediatrician's Pre-ACO Experience
Here's a PCC client speaking about his localized ACO/hospital experience. I spoke with him a few times during the process and the message I think we kept coming back to is that the hospital is rarely a pediatrician's friend.
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10 Dirty Negotiation Tactics and How to Beat Them
I believe my first series of blog posts years ago were specifically about insurance negotiation tactics. It's been a while, and John Canning sent me this link to share. Although it's a bit sp[censored], I can certainly confirm that I've seen the insu...
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Podcasts/Chip Hart
I had a great time speaking to Drs. Bravo and Rogu on their growing podcast, The Pediatric Lounge, to discuss the state of independent pediatricians and the use of data in a pediatric practice. They are cranking out episodes (which is a good thing) and anyone who supports independent pediatricians should tune in to their effort. What they are doing takes a tremendous amount of work and their guest list is amazing (well, besides me). They turned our conversation into back-to-back episodes (32 and 33), "Independent Pediatric Practice 2022" and "Data Data Data and Managing a Pediatric Office." If you prefer video, you catch up on their YouTube channel.
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