After bantering around with some SOAPM and PedTalk folks off-line about the impact of the 2011 IA codes, I decided to whip together a quick tool to allow you to compare the potential income difference between the new codes and old. It'll let you comp...
About a month ago, I published a letter written by the AAP that I encouraged dear readers to submit to their local MCOs and other payers in an effort to straighten out the upcoming imms admin debacle in advance. I know that some local AAP chapters ha...
What's been eating up my time? The entire 2011 imms admin debacle. This could be a lottery ticket for some practices, but it's going to make your billers' lives miserable. I'll reveal the results of our research shortly, but in the meantime, we have ...
My thanks to AK47, who posted a note on SOAPM directing people to an ad she saw on ESPN about Vaccines for Teens. Holy cow, how cool is that? Excellent links, simple WWW site, and Grant Hill on the crossover drill. I think they missed a chance using ...
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.