As of January 1, 2026, we get to enjoy three landmark CPT codes—90482, 90483, and 90484—specifically designed to capture the clinical effort involved in immunization counseling when a vaccine is not administered during the same visit (thank you to th...
By now, you have heard of CIGNA's announcement to begin automatically downcoding E&M claims based on ICD-10 alone and not physician notes, etc. I don't believe for a second that this decision has anything to do with capturing code fraud and has e...
I have a lot to share, suddenly. Details about The Great Downcoding (AETNA!), the 2026 RVU values, oh - and my new podcast. But this news is more timely.
My biggest challenge writing this blog entry is trying to stay on topic. I want to discuss and argue about every element of vaccination and the pediatric motivation to vaccinate. I want to explain the difference between "making money" and being profi...
Dr. Sandy Chung - who should need no introduction, but you can click right there if you need to - is looking to recruit at least 100 pediatricians in independent practice who are interested in joining a collective effort to purchase malpractice insur...
Things have been busy lately. Perhaps not busy, but...chaotic. You're feeling it, I'm feeling it, we're all feeling it. I promise: we will get through it. And when I say, "it" you all know what I'm talking about. The AAP sure does! [Bravo, SueK and c...
What if all the smart people were in one place? Like, say, at the 2024 AAP NCE? The lineup of speakers and topics is excellent again (as I shared previously), and even the incoming specter of Hurricane Helene isn't enough to dampen my enthusiasm. I h...
On Saturday, October 8 at 7pm in Platinum Ballroom 6 at the 2022 AAP NCE, the AAP will screen Virulent: The Vaccine War Documentary, a film by Tjardus Greidanus and Laura Davis.
