Why You Need To Fix Your Pricing RIGHT NOW!
As you should be aware, the 2021 RBRVS values have a significant impact on the relative value of some key procedures important to pediatricians, especially E&Ms.
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Major Improvements to the MDM Calculator
Thanks to helpful feedback from the 100s of daily users, the elves have improved and expanded the MDM calculator. In particular, they've added a COOL TIMER that you can use to track your time during a visit with the click of a button. Free and as s...
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Ep #88: Strategies Needed to Thrive in Private Practice with Chip Hart
A few weeks ago, I had the distinct pleasure of being invited back to the EntreMD podcast with Dr. Una. Apparently, our last podcast was her most popular podcast in all of 2020!
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Impact of 2021 RVUs On Pediatricians
Every year, I try to analyze the impact of the RVU changes on pediatricians. Why? Because what the Feds do in the Nov/Dec/Jan cycle each has a profound, downstream effect on pediatricians. Going through this process is also how I figured out what wa...
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Indirect Clinical Impact of COVID on Children, Part 2: Flu Shot Racial Disparities
Executive summary: imperfect, but compelling, evidence shows that not only are there racial disparities with flu shot administration, it has gotten worse in 2020.
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Indirect Clinical Impact of COVID on Children, Part 1: Obesity
Executive summary: the evidence that child BMI is increasing significantly during COVID...maybe? A little? However, we need to check again in a couple months.
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2021 RBRVS GPCI Analysis
UPDATE, 01/28/21: When I completed this analysis in December, 2020, I was using the originally published GPCI values. In early January, the Feds updated the GPCI values significantly. It took me a little bit to get back to this, but I've updated th...
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Free and Legal 2021 RVU-RBRVS Calculator
Welcome to the free 2021 RBRVS Calculator. As you may know, the AMA won’t let anyone freely distribute an RVU calculator that includes CPT codes without signing a limiting and expensive licensing agreement. In an abundance of caution and, because in ...
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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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