Congratulations!
This month's AAP News has some great news and some congratulations are in order to some PCC friends and family.
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AAP NCE and Dinner
At the annual AAP NCE meeting in SF next week, we'll be eating and drinking a lot as usual. We'd - and I! - would be delighted to see you if you're there. Even better, if you're a SOAPM member, make sure to come to the (now) annual SOAPM "informal" g...
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92586/7 (Hearing Screen) and UHC - Clarification
I don't think this is archived on the AAP WWW site, yet, but the Private Payor Advocacy group just released the following:
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UHC and Synagis
From a few places, including SOAPM:
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Vaccine Showdowns (Go EBP!)
My apologies to the readers of the SOAPM mailing list, as this is a repeat, but there are too many folks who would otherwise miss this piece from the San Francisco Chronicle:
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-25 Modifier Data
Another scoop for the blog. Pediatric benchmarks regarding the use of -25 modifers.
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Not Making the Grade
I picked up this tidbit from a message forwarded to PedTalk (thanks, Dr. Gewanter). Family Practice Magazine and the associated AAFP (from whom the AAP is finally starting to learn!) "...decided last year to conduct a Consumer Reports-style survey of...
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Imms Admin (90465 vs. 90471)
For some time, we have known that our customers who use the "new" imms admin codes tend to get paid better for them. We figure, just as Dr. Bradley stated at the PCC-sponsored Coding event in NYC recently, that many of the MCOs simply entered the new...
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Podcasts/Chip Hart
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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