In days of yore, I wrote about the pediatric usage of the 9905X CPT codes, often known as the "after hours" codes. In fact, I think my explanation here about how they should be used is still good (corrections, suggestions welcomed). Just before the h...
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The New Year's Resolution contest is off to an amazing start. As promised, I am going to share results with you. Don't be intimidated by any of these - even a "Me, too!" is great. Let's hear from you.
Readers of this blog should know that I produce a bi-weekly podcast/mediacast with Brandon Betancourt. We discuss all-things-pediatric-practice-management-related. Last week, we had the great listener suggestion to consider the holiday season and dis...
First, I took a moment to update the post I wrote about confirming your Medicaid "booster" checks. Dr. Barden and Jose @ AAP reminded me that we're supposed to use the 2009 Medicare CF instead of the 2013 CF, which amounts to a 5.7% increase!
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.