Meet Dr. Chad Hayes. He's a solo pediatrician in SC with an interesting path to pediatrics who happens to write a particularly interesting and well-considered blog (yay, English majors!). He showed...
Bright Futures Periodicity Schedule - CPT Perspective!
With the new release of Bright Futures v4.0, many of you raced right to the famous BF periodicity schedule, just like we did. I probably refer to that grid once or twice a month as I consult with...
Courtney @ PCC recently put together this piece to help our clients get their heads around the state of pediatric telemedicine. It's got some clear explanations, excellent resources, and check out...
A few weeks ago, I was exchanging emails with Dr. Suzanne Berman in TN about...geeze, I don't even know any more. Something mildly technical and nerdy relating to pediatric practice management.
PCC's A1 Coding Resource, Jan, shared with me some interesting data today. She has kept track of her chart audits dating back to 2008 and wondered what the results looked like. The E&M results are...
Two months ago, the Fridge Militia (as I like to call them) was interested in getting some sense of the state of immunization vaccine refrigerators. How many practices actually use medical quality...
This may be long overdue, but worth the wait. A few months back, Dr. Suzanne Berman (star of SOAPM list and stage) emailed me with a question about her practice. That question led to a quick back...
The message comes from Robin Warner, who has some important things to say about vaccine refrigerators. I know I must seem a little vaccine-focused lately, but these issues are vital and I am...
About a year ago, I posted a link to a survey for anyone here who gives VFC vaccines. If you do, please take 3 minutes to respond to this. The AAP is working hard to get VFC flu shot distribution...
New Patient Visit Benchmark and the ACA
I mentioned I had a lot of work to do after the NCE this week. Here's one of the items hanging over my head (next: Down Syndrome growth charts!).