You've finally cleared out the empties from New Year's Eve and have even been the gym a few times as one of your resolutions. But what about your practice? How can your practice "lose 15 pounds?"
Last week, I posted some data about national visit volume that I hope made clear that the perceived dip in the January 2014 visit volume was largely cyclical and weather related. Sure, there are some practices whose variance isn't explained so easil...
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...
[Quick segue - come see the likes of me, Susanne Madden, Richard Lander, Rick Oken, and more speak at the VA AAP and Pediatric Alliance 4th Annual Meeting in March.]
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...
One of my little birdies mentioned discussions on the SOAPM mailing list about new patient benchmarks - what kind of visit volume should be focused on new visits?
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.
