2011 Users' Conference
So many blogs to write, so little time. I have a doozy coming, perhaps tomorrow. In the meantime, let me talk again about our 2011 Users' Conference.
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practice management
Spring 2011 Seminar Schedule
The sign-up sites for the different pediatric events involving numerous SOAPM folks, besides myself, in the next few months - Oken, Madden, Betancourt, many more - are finally up, so I can blog about it. Whew. Rich Lander is speaking at at least 3 of...
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Pediatric Emergency Preparedness [Updated!]
In a classic non-sequitor blog move, I am going to change subjects entirely today.
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ARRA Sleight of Hand
It began with a simple message in my mailbox. "Poll for your blog - Will RECs deliver on their mission?" I bopped over to the softwareadvice.com piece about RECs and was pleasantly surprised by their analysis of the REC process so far. Their analysis...
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ARRA EHR Incentive Money Myths and Shopping Tips
I'm really not this lazy, it's just that what Erica has put together is really good.
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VEP Payments and Other Testing
At our Pediatric Practice Management and UC event 2 weeks ago (time flies!), the perennial question about whether practices are paid for their use of the VEP machine and CPT code 95930. It seems that just under 10% of PCC's practices us a machine lik...
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Meaningful Use for Pediatricians
As you may have heard - even the AAP has announced the news - the Final Draft of the Meaningful Use Final Rule has been issued by CMS. There are already dozens of analyses of the results posted on-line (how some of these folks read 860+ pages in a ma...
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The Latest CCHIT and ARRA Conversation
As many of you know, I am on the CCHIT Child Health Workgroup, which has been both a delight and an exercise in futility. The focus and capability of the folks on that committee is intimidating, to say the least...but, sadly, we have not met since la...
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Podcasts/Chip Hart
I've had a busy summer and just wrapped up my time at the Florida AAP chapter's "Future of Pediatrics" annual event. Thank you to those who stopped by to say hello! In a few short weeks, it will be time for the 2024 Pediatric CEO event, which I'm really excited for. I think there are a few seats left. I write, however, to draw your attention to two free resources that every pediatric practice should have bookmarked!
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