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Vision Screening Benchmarking Update

Before I talk about vision screening, here's my gentle reminder that it's time to sign up for the 2019 Pediatric Supergroup Meeting! The speaker lineup is awesome, the opportunity to engage with the best and brightest is intense, and the early bird d...
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Shots Heard 'Round The World

Many of you - PCC clients, Pediatric Supergroup attendees, PMI attendees, Children's National attendees, more - have heard Dr. Todd Wolynn or his partner Chad Hermann speak about their experience being attacked via social media by a semi-organized ga...
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Free and Legal 2019 RVU/RBRVS Calculator

Welcome to the free 2019 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 and, because in our unhappy experience, the AMA interpr...
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The (Negative) Impact of the 2019 RBRVS on Pediatricians

Uh oh. 2019 RVUs are going to be a challenge for pediatricians. Executive summary: even with the mild increase in the Medicare Multiplier (from $35.99 to $36.04), the overall impact of the 2019 RBRVS on typical pediatricians will be a 1.45% REDUCTION...
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2019 GPCI Analysis

Every year, I take apart the newest RBRVS data files from CMS to analyze how the new values will affect physicians, particularly pediatricians.
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Podcasts/Chip Hart

Available on iTunes
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.
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