Back To The Mothership
Whew, I am finally back from a whirlwind tour and Vermont hasn't looked this good in a long time.
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Content that Helps You Manage
Your Patients Better
PedTalk
I suspect that most of the readers of this blog are already well aware of PedTalk, the original and longest-running public pediatric discussion group. If you're not familiar with the mailing list, here's the summary: started in 1996, archived publica...
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Pediatric Benchmarks I
Sorry for the delays - a busy Users' Conference, some great family camping, and prep for an AAP coding event, and a guy gets distracted!
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Open Source Software
Not enough time is spent thinking of pediatric offices as small businesses. There are lessons learned in other businesses that pediatricians can and should apply to their own. If you spend any time around me (or PCC) you'll eventually hear a sermon o...
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Aetna Settlements (Awake!)
Hot off the presses, plus I wanted to stop picking so much on UHC/Oxf.
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Compare and Contrast
From the Business Journal of Milwaukee the other day:
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Billing for phone calls? After hours work?
How do I feel about pediatricians billing for phone calls, writing off weekend charges, etc.?
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Executive Salaries
Lest anyone think I'm a communist, I want to make it clear that I don't think a single-payor system is the sole solution to the health care problems in the US. I don't, however, think it's the Bogey Man that many in our business think it is. I have a...
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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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