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 by PCC, of course…no one else cares about you :-))....
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 there, because anyone can use them and it’s easy to cut a...
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 Costello or, more importantly, Jonny Quest, but still f...
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 process. From their message:
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 won’t have the crowds we get in Washington or NYC, b...
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 (almost done!), and wanting to blog about a really s...
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 suggesting that you look at your top 10 or, more daringly,...
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 next week).
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.