HIPAA and Credit Cards
Note: this is a long post about untested legal issues. I may not know what I am talking about, so I welcome input!
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Busy in 2014!
Someday, I hope our grandchildren will look back at 2014 and say, "Oh, remember all of those crazy things people used to do with silly ICD codes?" My feelings about the impending ICD-10 delay are mixed but lean towards disappointment. I feel particul...
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Hourly Costs (Snow Days)
From an intrepid reader:
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2014 Pediatric RVU Comparison
I unveiled the beta version of the 2014 RVU Calculator at this weekend's well attended (and received!) PMI conference and it seems to be in good shape, but I want to do just a little more testing before I release it here. Perhaps Wednesday.
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SNOMED and the administrative future of medicine...
Editorial time, it has been awhile. A story about a stick and a carrot. And how they will affect the practice of medicine in the US.
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After Hours Codes Update (99050, 99051, 99058)
In days of yore, I wrote about the pediatric usage of the 9905X CPT codes, often known as the "after hours" codes. In fact, I think my explanation here about how they should be used is still good (corrections, suggestions welcomed). Just before the h...
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Contest Ending / Medicaid Poll / Data Coming
First order of business: more resolutions. From a practice manager in NJ who shall go nameless, lest his staff read this blog:
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More ICD9 Madness
I did, indeed, have a request for a different analysis of the ICD9 data I posted yesterday. My thought was to group all of the ICD9s by their major groupings to get a more complete sense of the primary drivers of pediatric visits. My results below.
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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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