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2011 GPCI Analysis

[Note: I have updated this data to reflect the 1.000 min Work GPCI for all locations.]
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VFC vs. Private Flu Vaccine Delivery Survey

What's been eating up my time? The entire 2011 imms admin debacle. This could be a lottery ticket for some practices, but it's going to make your billers' lives miserable. I'll reveal the results of our research shortly, but in the meantime, we have ...
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Medical Loss Ratio, Stomach Ache

First, Dr. Stoller threw out this amazing reference on SOAPM. It's a fast read from Wendell Potter (you remember, the former CIGNA-exec turned whistle blower) about talks happening between the insurance companies and Congress right now.
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Vaccines For Teens, SAM, more

My thanks to AK47, who posted a note on SOAPM directing people to an ad she saw on ESPN about Vaccines for Teens. Holy cow, how cool is that? Excellent links, simple WWW site, and Grant Hill on the crossover drill. I think they missed a chance using ...
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Vaccines Save Lives

At the NCE, I ran into an interesting pediatrician who, among other things, handed me some of these stickers:
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Egregious Insurance Policies (Thanks, Budd!)

A few weeks ago, there was a challenge on the SOAPM list to come up with the Top 10 Most Egregious Insurance Company Behaviors. Dr. Budd Shenkin compiled and edited the list which, in the draft you see below, I find quite impressive.
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Delayed NCE Blog

[Most of this blog was originally 'penned' live from the NCE, but a conspiracy of time-consuming events - namely, dining out with Friends of PCC - kept me from completing it on time.]
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Podcasts/Chip Hart

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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!
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