First, Boston. Any faithful readers going to be there? We already have a pretty large, informal crew heading out on Sunday night, 10/12 and I know a lot of you will be at the SOAPM dinner (sponsored...

First order of business: ICD-9 changes for 2008 go into effect on 10/1 and there’s a doozy in there.  Here’s a copy of a message we’ve sent to PCC clients and I’ve left some of the PCC links in...

I have a backup of info to share, but I thought I’d throw this up today in my hurry.

This weekend, a very faithful reader wrote to me:

Sorry about those all-caps, I just pasted that from a press release.  I’m at home watching the Little Rascals with the boys who are enjoying it more than I expected. The rascals are no Abbott and...

A quick post from the airport from my "cutting edge" blog.  The folks from CCHIT would like us to spread the word about some upcoming opportunities for “civilians” to participate in the CCHIT...

I am in lovely Columbus, OH, about to meet Dr. Lander, Donelle Holle, and some clients for dinner as we prepare for our pediatric coding and practice management event tomorrow morning.  We obviously...

It’s late on a Sunday night and my brain is fried from a bad combination of Drupal, planning for Bear Scouts, watching a messed up (but excellent) movie, working on our bathroom for the second year...

All external references today, folks.

I am doing some research into the most common pediatric codes in order to set up a spread/worksheet for use during an insurane negotiation.  Lots of “consultants” routinely make the mistake of...

A faithful reader sent the following to me and allowed me to post it, as I think the information is valuable to you all.  I have a lot to say about it at the end.

Before I get into today’s info, I want to remind people of our AAP-endorsed Pediatric Coding and Practice Management conference in two weeks in Columbus and of our new audio conferences (starting...