Readers of this blog should know that I produce a bi-weekly podcast/mediacast with Brandon Betancourt. We discuss all-things-pediatric-practice-management-related. Last week, we had the great listener suggestion to consider the holiday season and dis...
First, I took a moment to update the post I wrote about confirming your Medicaid "booster" checks. Dr. Barden and Jose @ AAP reminded me that we're supposed to use the 2009 Medicare CF instead of the 2013 CF, which amounts to a 5.7% increase!
COCIT - the Council on Clinical Information Technology (COCIT) at the AAP - is finally getting its act together, imo. I don't think I'm surprising anyone to say that the group has suffered over the years from being stagnant and often irrelevant...but...
I did, indeed, have a request for a different analysis of the ICD9 data I posted yesterday. My thought was to group all of the ICD9s by their major groupings to get a more complete sense of the primary drivers of pediatric visits. My results below.
Whew, that was quite an interesting time at AAP NCE - thanks to all of you who spent time with us (you know who you are). I really appreciate the new Hawaiian shirt I received from my friends.
I've had a busy summer and just wrapped up my time at the Florida AAP chapter's "Future of Pediatrics" annual event. Thank you to those who stopped by to say hello! In a few short weeks, it will be time for the 2024 Pediatric CEO event, which I'm really excited for. I think there are a few seats left. I write, however, to draw your attention to two free resources that every pediatric practice should have bookmarked!
