benchmarks

VFC Flu Vaccine Delay Survey

Yes, I am asking you to complete another survey.  But it's vital and fast - and needs to be done this weekend!  And the topic is especially timely.  Our last survey here got picked up by the national media.  Let's see what we can do here to change VF...
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Vaccine Refusal Policy Survey

I am trying to get an understanding of the relative percentage of pediatric practices who have vaccination requirements for their patients.  I don't know for certain how common it really is - my gut feeling is that far more practices try to limit the...
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Pediatric Benchmarks for RVU Rate by Procedure Type

Thanks to the impetus provided by an inspired comment on the previous blog entry, Igor and I got excited about the idea of analyzing the average RVU rate for all CPT codes, broken down by procedure type.  Are "well codes" paid at the same rate as "si...
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VFC vs. Private Flu Vaccine Delivery Survey

What's been eating up my time?  The entire 2011 imms admin debacle.  This could be a lottery ticket for some practices, but it's going to make your billers' lives miserable.  I'll reveal the results of our research shortly, but in the meantime, we ha...
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Podcasts/Chip Hart

Available on iTunes
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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