Here's a PCC client speaking about his localized ACO/hospital experience. I spoke with him a few times during the process and the message I think we kept coming back to is that the hospital is rarely a pediatrician's friend.
I believe my first series of blog posts years ago were specifically about insurance negotiation tactics. It's been a while, and John Canning sent me this link to share. Although it's a bit sp[censored], I can certainly confirm that I've seen the in...
I picked up the WSJ while heading to our UC the other morning and read this article about a multi-billion dollar settlement with the credit card companies. One key piece of the settlement is language that allows vendors, such as pediatric practices,...
During the NCE, Dr. Couchman suggested that I whip together a spreadsheet to show how to quickly calculate the divot made when you drop a poorly paying insurance company. Here it is.
First, Dr. Stoller threw out this amazing reference on SOAPM. It's a fast read from Wendell Potter (you remember, the former CIGNA-exec turned whistle blower) about talks happening between the insurance companies and Congress right now.
A few weeks ago, I had the distinct pleasure of being invited back to the EntreMD podcast with Dr. Una. Apparently, our last podcast was her most popular podcast in all of 2020!