HRH Dr. Suzanne Berman shared the great and interesting news that the AAP has lobbied successfully to get the RVU valuations for immunization admins corrected. [I've written about this in the past.] You can read the gory details at https://public-ins...
Rewind, painfully perhaps, to May 2020. We didn't know it at the time - we barely knew anything - but we'd just passed the nadir of the COVID impact in your offices. I was freaking out, wondering what would happen to pediatric offices after another m...
Well, we got published. I say "we" because what got published is your story, really. Not mine. And I say "published" because Pediatric Annals is great and the process of contributing to this content was rewarding and enjoyable. Executive summary: I d...
Are you, and maybe some of your partners, thinking about splitting your existing practice? Time to flee a sinking ship? Maybe your megagroup isn't what it used to be (or ever was). Maybe you're hearing rumors that the hospital is about to let all the...
Executive summary: imperfect, but compelling, evidence shows that not only are there racial disparities with flu shot administration, it has gotten worse in 2020.
Executive summary: the evidence that child BMI is increasing significantly during COVID...maybe? A little? However, we need to check again in a couple months.
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.