"Obamacare" and Well Visits . . . Do The Inscos Pay More
It's been too long since I've had a post like this. Glad to get back to the most important material we share.
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Pediatric Coding and Practice Management Event, Dec 2012
Now that the AAP is no longer producing or developing their vital coding and practice management events, we have to rely on others to continue to push out the content that we know is so vital. I am, of course, biased, but practical, when I suggest th...
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One Pediatrician's Pre-ACO Experience
Here's a PCC client speaking about his localized ACO/hospital experience. I spoke with him a few times during the process and the message I think we kept coming back to is that the hospital is rarely a pediatrician's friend.
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Pediatric Practice Management at Sea
Busy at the beginning of March? Want to cruise around the Carribean and learn about pediatric practice management at the same time? Check out this opportunity!
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10 Dirty Negotiation Tactics and How to Beat Them
I believe my first series of blog posts years ago were specifically about insurance negotiation tactics. It's been a while, and John Canning sent me this link to share. Although it's a bit sp[censored], I can certainly confirm that I've seen the insu...
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Practice Management at the 2012 AAP NCE
In years past, I have gone through the entire NCE schedule and highlighted the talks or meetings I had hoped to crash. This year, Jose Lopez (the manager of the SOAPM section), put this awesome handout together.
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Credit Card Settlement vs. HSAs?
I picked up the WSJ while heading to our UC the other morning and read this article about a multi-billion dollar settlement with the credit card companies. One key piece of the settlement is language that allows vendors, such as pediatric practices, ...
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Pediatricians: Participate in the RUC [Updated 06/26/12]
Over the last few years, pediatricians have gained a lot of ground in the RVU arena - I have documented many of the changes, as you know. Although it sometimes feels like two steps forward and one step back, the overall RVUs/Visit for PCC client have...
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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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