It's difficult to narrow down the math stories to just one, there are so many, but here's this week's for a start. From one of the only payors who behaves worse than United/Oxford, a letter to a client of ours in the northeast:
Over the next few days, I'm going to post a sampling of stories of the things I've seen from our clients just this week regarding insurance negotiations. As so perfectly put by Dr. Rogu in a recent comment, awake sleeping giants! Identifying informat...
Just ran into this fascinating site. It's the mp3-blog from the Journal of Medical Practice Management. Some of the pieces are excellent (though I don't think that small groups are going to become a novelty...). The refers to a group of our customers...
When we first began working with various immunization registry programs over 10 years ago, we were really excited. What a great idea! All the data is there, why not use it to improve healthcare? PCC interfaces with 15? 20? different states, for free,...
A customer called me yesterday to ask, "[Evil Empire HMO] has finally come to the table and is offering me 100% of Medicare on my E&Ms...should I take it?"
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.