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About Chip Hart
Chip Hart is the Director of PCC’s Pediatric Solutions consulting group and author of the popular blog Confessions of a Pediatric Practice Consultant. Chip’s 25 years of pediatric practice management expertise has helped hundreds of pediatricians increase their clinical and financial health. He has conducted many successful insurance contract negotiations on behalf of his clients and worked as a consultant for the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the AAP Section on Administration and Practice Management (SOAPM).
As a dynamic and motivating speaker, Chip leads educational seminars and consults for pediatric professionals nationwide for organizations like the AAP, state chapter AAP programs, the MGMA, and various physican and hospital organizations around the country. Chip was a member of the CCHIT Child Health Work Group and is a member of the CDC Clinical Decision Support and Children’s Model EHR Format working groups.
Chip contributes articles on practice management and health care information technology for Pediatric Coding Alert, the AAP’s SOAPM Newsletter, Medical Group Management Association, The Independent Pediatrician and more.
Chip lives in Vermont with his wife and their two sons.
Claim Submission Delay Benchmark
February
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Paul Vanchiere and I have spoken often about looking into "claim submission delays" when consulting with practices about their billing challenges. Ultimately, we are interested in narrowing that...
2020 CPT Changes For Pediatrics
February
07,
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One of the benefits of working at PCC is that I am surrounded by nice and smart people (which, oddly, I never hear anyone else mentioning...weird). As a practical benefit, it means that if I...
If you do not know Dr. Nneka Unachukwu - Dr. Una, for short - take the time to listen and learn from one of the most inspirational pediatricians I have met in my career. She is a pediatrician, a...
Impact of 2020 RBRVS on Pediatricians
January
07,
2020
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I received this trigger hypothesis from a faithful reader:
PMI, Pediatric Supergroup, Silent Disco, Madhouse!
January
06,
2020
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I know that quite a few of my readers will be at the PMI event in Miami shortly. I'll be there with a sizable PCC crew, so if you'd like to spend a few minutes of focused chatting let me know and...
Free and Legal 2020 RVU-RBRVS Calculator
December
27,
2019
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Welcome to the free 2020 RBRVS Calculator.
As you may know, the AMA won’t let anyone provide a free RVU calculator that includes CPT codes due to their CPT copyrights. In an abundance of caution...
Every year, I do an analysis of the RBRVS GPCI values - I think this is the most overlooked aspect of the RVU changes from year to year.
After working with a number of customers, I've updated two immunization tools from the blog that I've found very handy. I'd like to thank those who spent some time with me beating them up and making...
Update: with the help of some excellent test subjects and some real-life data, I have significantly updated the Immunization Cost Comparison Calculator. Try it now, tell me what you think!
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