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Open Source Software

Not enough time is spent thinking of pediatric offices as small businesses. There are lessons learned in other businesses that pediatricians can and should apply to their own. If you spend any time around me (or PCC) you'll eventually hear a sermon o...
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Executive Salaries

Lest anyone think I'm a communist, I want to make it clear that I don't think a single-payor system is the sole solution to the health care problems in the US. I don't, however, think it's the Bogey Man that many in our business think it is. I have a...
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P4P Mess

To date, our customers have faired quite well under most of the P4P plans. We have some clients adding (it appears) as much as 10% to their bottom lines. We had one client pay for their new EHR with it. And, for the most part, the reporting hasn't be...
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My New Favorite Contract Clause

I know we have all seen it - in theory, at least. Too many people sign without reading. But this snippet sums it all up. And it's not even from one of the "bad" HMOs:
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Podcasts/Chip Hart

Available on iTunes
I'd like to introduce Charting the Future, a new pediatric podcast featuring independent pediatricians from around the country.
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