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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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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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One Small Lawsuit for Mankind

I have to come up with an analogy for the Great Medical Insurance problem here in the US. The Rebels vs. The Empire? Robin Hood vs. The Sheriff of Nottingham? David vs. Goliath? None of these is just right, but they each contain elements of the issue...
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Podcasts/Chip Hart

Available on iTunes
I'd like to introduce Charting the Future, a new pediatric podcast featuring independent pediatricians from around the country.
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