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    New Patient Benchmarks

    One of my little birdies mentioned discussions on the SOAPM mailing list about new patient benchmarks - what kind of visit volume should be focused on new visits?
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    Aetna NP Update

    About a month ago, I lamented Aetna's effort to ding all the NP fees they pay by 15% across the board.
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    Telephone Call Encounter Form

    So, you get excited about all the information we're sharing about the non-face-to-face codes (also known as the telephone codes) and you want to put this into action in your office...how do you do it?
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    Pediatric Diagnosis Code Distribution

    I was looking at the way some of our clients use different encounter forms for different types of visits and was wondering about the best ratio of space in the design for diagnoses vs. procedures - should an encounter form be mostly filled with proce...
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    Podcasts/Chip Hart

    The Pediatric Lounge

    practice management, podcast, webinar
    Available on iTunes
    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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