Multi-year Contracts
Over the last month, I have had three practices ask me about multi-year contracts. What do I think of them?
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rvu
Alphabet Soup (AAP, AMA, RBRVS)
I am feeling a little like the Winooski River, when it freezes over and then dams up, causing the water to overflow the banks and wreak havoc locally.
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Office Online Beta
I've got a final RVU trick or two coming, a response to the new Physician's Practice fee schedule article, and more. I need to get this one out of my queue, though.
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Because We Love RVUs (2006 vs. 2007)
I've had a request to post some information about the 2008 RVU impact, but I've decided to wait a day or two for the dust to settle about the latest news. Hope you don't mind. In the meantime, let's return to a simpler time...like this year...when th...
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RVU Update #7, Good
All the RVU drama makes it hard for me to get to other things, but here is the latest from my generous and favorite inside source (instead of using an inappropriate 70s adult film nickname, we'll use "Siouxsie"):
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RVU 2008 Update
First, I have to be clear: my knowledge of the arcane RBRVS system, the RUC committees, CMS, etc., is all driven by my work for pediatricians. Thus, I have a very skewed view of how it works. Almost all of the changes to the CMS budget affect my clie...
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Highmark Lawsuit (Feb Deadline!)
[Before I begin, it looks like there might be an important RVU update later today!]
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Pediatric Practice Vitals Dashboard Coming
We've been working on it for a long time (toooo long), but we are just about to officially release our Practice Vitals Dashboard service to PCC customers.
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Podcasts/Chip Hart
I'd like to introduce Charting the Future, a new pediatric podcast featuring independent pediatricians from around the country.
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