Swine Flu Help
An important message from the AAP:
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Removal of Financial Barriers to Children's Mental Health Services
[Today's installment was ghost written by the obvious author.]
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96110 Update
I've written extensively about 96110 usage among practicing pediatricians in the past and wanted to provide an update for 2008/9.
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The Red Flags Rule and Your Practice
I was going to write about the 99174 (tomorrow!), but Katy @ PCC wrote this great piece and I thought I’d share it. It’s a message we sent to our clients (aren’t we sweet?).
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Tricare Update
The other day, I wrote about a problem relating to Tricare’s reimbursement of immunizations. Apparently, this is an excerpt from the AAP’s Private Payer Advocacy press release or newsletter:
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New AAP RBRVS Materials
I’ve said more than once that the AAP is the first place pediatricians should go to learn about RVUs. They have updated it and you can now find their 2009 RBRVS Conversion Spreadsheet on-line. I got to help out by making a little change to the sheet ...
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Pediatric Compensation Models
At the AAP-endorsed Pediatric Coding and Practice Management events we’ve been hosting, I’ve slipped in a running piece about pediatric compensation models that gets fairly good reception. Practices are eager to learn about how other practices pay th...
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AAP RBRVS Policy Statement (+PP)
The AAP has updated and revised its RBRVS policy statement and it is included in December's Pediatrics. Yours truly provides the full PDF here, as it remains the best description of the state of RVUs and pediatrics (thanks Siousxie and the COCN). A G...
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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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