In a previous piece, I wrote about small businesses needing to consider using a variety of Open Source (or free) software programs to run their offices - it's often safer, more secure, more stable, and a lot cheaper.
My apologies to the readers of the SOAPM mailing list, as this is a repeat, but there are too many folks who would otherwise miss this piece from the San Francisco Chronicle:
I picked up this tidbit from a message forwarded to PedTalk (thanks, Dr. Gewanter). Family Practice Magazine and the associated AAFP (from whom the AAP is finally starting to learn!) "...decided last year to conduct a Consumer Reports-style survey of...
For some time, we have known that our customers who use the "new" imms admin codes tend to get paid better for them. We figure, just as Dr. Bradley stated at the PCC-sponsored Coding event in NYC recently, that many of the MCOs simply entered the new...
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.