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About Chip Hart
As a dynamic and motivating speaker, Chip leads educational seminars and consults for pediatric professionals nationwide for organizations like the AAP, state chapter AAP programs, the MGMA, and various physician and hospital organizations around the country. Chip was a member of the CCHIT Child Health Work Group and is a member of the CDC Clinical Decision Support and Children’s Model EHR Format working groups. Chip contributes articles on practice management and health care information technology for Pediatric Coding Alert, the AAP’s SOAPM Newsletter, Medical Group Management Association, The Independent Pediatrician and more. Chip lives in Vermont with his wife and their two sons.
Specialties/ Expertise
Pediatric Practice
Child Health
Personalized Medicine
Electronic Health Records
Insurance
Compensation Packages
Behavioral Health
Independent Pediatrician
Events/Chip Hart
AAP NCE 2026
10/02/26
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) invites you to soak up the sun and sharpen your skills at the 2026 National Conference & Exhibition, happening October 2–6 in beautiful San Diego, California.
I have to break up this data nerdery with a reminder that there is a cure for universal malaise I encounter every day. I feel it, you feel it, the kids feel it. It's an emotional weight, driven by forces outside of your office. But we aren't helpless...
Readers of the my previous post, where we look at the increasing rate of vaccine refusal, surely want to better understand the massive volatility of refusal rates for flu, COVID, and RSV vaccines. As I mentioned, the months with massive refusal rates...
In our previous episode, we wondered if the anti-vaccine propaganda from the present federal (and some state) administrations has had any effect on missed or canceled well visits. Conclusion? Not that we can see in terms of misses or cancellations. T...
At PCC, we perceive our supporting role in the independent pediatric space to include doing the dirty work of measuring the impact of threats to and opportunities for pediatricians and the children they serve - (like COVID [1, 2, 3], the Change Healt...
As of January 1, 2026, we get to enjoy three landmark CPT codes—90482, 90483, and 90484—specifically designed to capture the clinical effort involved in immunization counseling when a vaccine is not administered during the same visit (thank you to th...
A couple of years ago, Dr. Ari Brown posted on SOAPM that she could offer discounts to pediatricians who wanted to purchase copies of her book Baby 411 (or Toddler 411 or Expecting 411). I asked her to send that information when the next version is r...
Welcome to the free 2026 RVU Calculator. As you may know, the AMA won’t let anyone freely distribute an RVU calculator that includes CPT codes without signing a limiting and expensive licensing agreement. In an abundance of caution and, because in ou...
Every year, I review the latest RVU release to understand how the changes will affect my clients and other independent pediatric practices - you can see my pediatric comparison here. Since 2020, it's been a somewhat muted endeavor because all the pay...
