I've had a lot of surprisingly hopeful emails hit me referring to all the "free money" docs expect to get as a result of the Obama stimulus package. Put your cynical hats on, folks, because if you think that the HIT-driven stimulus money as it's desi...
These things always happen when I can least afford to spend time working on them. When I leave town, for example, and can't get my mail...PedTalk usually explodes. This time, it's school break and we received the following at PCC:
My thanks to Dr. Gewanter who shared this 5 page PDF excerpt from a larger report developed by Patton Boggs LLP that, as the title implies, provides a ''Comparison of House-passed, Senate-amended, and final Stimulus Conference Report."
I am, again, in the back of the room at our Coding and Practice management event and listening to Dr. Tuck. I have to steal a line or two from him, he’s got some good ones. Dr. Lander is next.
As you may know, I am on the CCHIT Child Health Workgroup. My participation is related, I believe, to my criticism of the certification and it’s misuse. But if you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem, so there I am on the workgrou...
No, I didn’t make it. I’ll chalk it up to not quite fitting to mold of a typical pediatric blog. But “Nursing Assistant Central,” whomever they are (there is no way to contact them on their WWW site), compiled this useful list. They did some real res...
At the AAP-endorsed Pediatric Coding and Practice Management events we’ve been hosting, I’ve slipped in a running piece about pediatric compensation models that gets fairly good reception. Practices are eager to learn about how other practices pay th...
I had a great time speaking to Drs. Bravo and Rogu on their growing podcast, The Pediatric Lounge, to discuss the state of independent pediatricians and the use of data in a pediatric practice. They are cranking out episodes (which is a good thing) and anyone who supports independent pediatricians should tune in to their effort. What they are doing takes a tremendous amount of work and their guest list is amazing (well, besides me). They turned our conversation into back-to-back episodes (32 and 33), "Independent Pediatric Practice 2022" and "Data Data Data and Managing a Pediatric Office." If you prefer video, you catch up on their YouTube channel.
