Two Great Ideas - Keeping Track of Contracts and Background Checks
Everything smart that I ever share is a shameless ripoff of someone else's idea. Here are two examples from this week alone.
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Poll Results, Podcast, and PMI Events
Let's go in reverse order.
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Free RVU Calculator 2014
Welcome to the free 2014 RBRVS Calculator. [updated 01/17 for Excel]
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2014 Pediatric RVU Comparison
I unveiled the beta version of the 2014 RVU Calculator at this weekend's well attended (and received!) PMI conference and it seems to be in good shape, but I want to do just a little more testing before I release it here. Perhaps Wednesday.
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SNOMED and the administrative future of medicine...
Editorial time, it has been awhile. A story about a stick and a carrot. And how they will affect the practice of medicine in the US.
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2014 GPCI Analysis
It what has become a (nearly) annual tradition - check out 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012 - it's time to see what the new GPCI adjustments have in store for us this year. What's a GPCI (pronounced "Gypsie"), you ask? It's the geographical adjustment made to ...
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After Hours Codes Update (99050, 99051, 99058)
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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New Year Resolution Contest Winners
I have a final entry before I announce the winner(s). This is from Lorie Thomas, OM for Pediatric Wellness Group out in CA.
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Podcasts/Chip Hart
I have a lot to share, suddenly. Details about The Great Downcoding (AETNA!), the 2026 RVU values, oh - and my new podcast. But this news is more timely.
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