Poll Results, Podcast, and PMI Events
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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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Contest Ending / Medicaid Poll / Data Coming
First order of business: more resolutions. From a practice manager in NJ who shall go nameless, lest his staff read this blog:
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Podcasts/Chip Hart
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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