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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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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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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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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