Archive for category: developmental-screening

If you are not already aware, HRSA (the Health Resources and Services Administration) announced the P4 Challenge - a national contest aimed at improving well-child visits and their accompanying...

This blog is going to raise more questions than it answers, but one let's get one of the few clear answers we have out of the way: pediatricians do not appear to follow Bright Futures' periodicity...

A request was made on SOAPM for a better understanding of the payment for developmental screening, namely the 96110 and 96111.  Here's the update for 1Q 2011, where we examined tens of thousands of...

OK, I think I have written about the 96110 more than any other specific subject!

I've written extensively about 96110 usage among practicing pediatricians in the past and wanted to provide an update for 2008/9.

I have some fascinating data about the after hours, etc., codes (9905x) coming, but I wanted to share these two followup tidbits before I forget:

As promised, here's a followup to my 96110 data from the other day. It's interesting to see how 96110 usage has increased in pediatricians over the years, but what are folks getting paid? Here's the...

That's no typo in the title. The Commonwealth Fund has released a nifty on-line tool and manual to help pediatricians decide which developmental screening tools are appropriate. I played around with...