Archive for category: editorial

On SOAPM the other day, this question was posed to the group to an unfortunate radio silence:

Last week, I posted my 2018 GPCI analysis - good news to those of you in Massachusetts, bad news for Idaho. Look up your location.

[Update - I noticed that I made a mistake in the original data I posted here...yikes!  This post has been updated to reflect the accurate values.]

The 2018 RBRVS Final Rules got published last month,...

I hope some of you are still following.  Because this is the fun part.

Executive summary: what do independent pediatric practices think about their resources for practice management guidance?  Not much.  SOAPM wins, hospitals lose, and the AAP is somewhere out there.

A few weeks ago, I opened up a survey with a very specific intent: to find out what, if any, demographic and resource-demand patterns exist among independent practices opening up over the last few...

I am boarding my flight to Plano where I'll give my inaugural presentation entitled, "The Five Biggest Business Mistakes That Pediatricians Make."  There might be a little room left, sign up if...

"As such, the Academy is profoundly disappointed that CMS not only continues to bundle these services (ie, status indicator “B”) but fails to publish the RUC-recommended values for these codes."

Recently, we had the bright idea to take a look at some of our UC Dashboard winners to learn if there were any patterns that we could identify as Best Practices in order to share with everyone else. ...

About 10 years ago,  a practice I know posted a message to SOAPM - maybe it was PedTalk! - about hiring a full time staff person to help guide families through their insurance coverage details.  Her...