Insurance Divot Spreadsheet
During the NCE, Dr. Couchman suggested that I whip together a spreadsheet to show how to quickly calculate the divot made when you drop a poorly paying insurance company. Here it is.
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PCC Passes ONC-ATCB Certification
I usually don't talk much about PCC's actual "business" here, but I can't help myself today.
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First Annual SOAPM Karaoke Party
I had planned to write about the 5010 software upgrade scam today, but this topic takes precedence!
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Real Meaningful Use For Pediatricians - Nov 4, 2011
I'll be speaking on Nov 4, 2011, from 3:15-4:30 (it'll be more like 5pm if I do it right), for the GA AAP chapter at their annual Pediatrics On The Parkway event.
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Lipton Health - A Pediatric Concierge Model
I was recently introduced to Diane Lipton Dennis, the CEO at Lipton Health. Someone thought that I might appreciate her approach to pediatric medical care, which has been to put together a concierge program not for herself, but as a replicable model ...
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Medical Office Staff QA and Oversight
I was speaking to Bob Chalmers, the ED at Physician's Alliance, when the issue of managing, monitoring, credentialing, and generally working with MAs came up. "Oh, I have just the stuff for you," he said.
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SOAPM Party
I'm just going to call it the "SOAPM party." We can pretend it's all formal and official, but the fact is that it's simply a lot of fun even when the SOAPM executive committee members are dancing on the tables.
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"Practice" Sessions for 2011 NCE
Start your planning for next month now. Care of Siouxsie, here's a list of all the "practice" related sessions in Boston. Highlights, though I'm sure I'll miss some, are below. Rumor has it that I might be speaking in one or more of these as a secret...
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Podcasts/Chip Hart
I'd like to introduce Charting the Future, a new pediatric podcast featuring independent pediatricians from around the country.
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