In times of crisis, it is even more important for Health IT companies to deliver timely, effective solutions. One vendor has proven its ability to innovate in times of crisis, and the current COVID-19 pandemic is no different. Bringing Ideas to Life Office Practicum is well known for being an innovative...
Stay-at-home orders are in effect all over the country, resulting in a decrease in pediatric patient visits. This can be due to fewer injuries, less illness, and even more likely the concern that attending in-person well visits may lead to sickness. With the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recently releasing guidelines...
With the help of several pediatric industry experts, we have prepared a pediatric practice survival checklist to help your practice survive the COVID-19 crisis. You want to come out of this stronger, and we want to do everything in our power to help you achieve that. This checklist includes the key...
Join PMI's Paulie Vanchiere and this week's panelists as they address the financial and operational issues Pediatric practices are facing as COVID-19 continues to evolve. This recorded webinar includes Dr. Suzanne Berman discussing the issues Pediatric organizations are facing as well as follow up on key items discussed in the...
With the COVID-19 crisis, I’ve received a number of questions regarding loans, Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and sick leave. Below I’ve outlined the process for applying for an Economic Injury Disaster Loan from the Small Business Administration (SBA) and provided access to an on-demand FMLA and sick leave...
National Doctors' Day is celebrated every year in the United States on March 30th. It’s a day to honor physicians for all that they do for their patients, communities, and society as a whole. This year, more than ever, we see the sacrifices providers make to put the health of their...
The COVID-19 crisis has created uncharted territory for pediatrics. You are working under circumstances that none of you have trained for. How should you be responding to this pandemic? Check out a recording of the webinar, Responding to the COVID-19 Crisis – Balancing Patient & Practice Needs, presented by Sue Kressly,...
Join PMI's Paulie Vanchiere as he discusses financial and operational issues Pediatric practices are facing as COVID-19 continues to evolve. During this recorded webinar, a couple of special additions join to focus on Human Resource issues (as related to staff and providers) as well as follow up on key items...
Many parts of the country are knee-deep in responding to COVID-19 cases in their community while some are preparing but not yet in containment mode. Below is a list of crowdsourced ideas that have come from the pediatric community across the country. Keeping Families Informed Create unified messaging for on hold/voicemail, music,...
Join PMI's Paulie Vanchiere and PCC's Chip Hart as they launch the first webinar in their series, where they discuss financial and operational issues pediatric practices are facing as COVID-19 continues to evolve. This webinar provides tangible action items every Pediatric practice needs to consider over the coming days,...
Every year, payers update their fee schedules. When was the last time you reviewed your practice fee schedule? What if I told you that your practice is missing out on revenue because of an outdated fee schedule? Check out a recording of our complimentary webinar, “Updating Your Practice Fee Schedule,” presented by...
As an independent pediatric practice, you are passionate about caring for children and their families. But in order to make sure your patients are physically and emotionally healthy, you have to run a healthy practice. To be a thriving pediatric office, it takes hard work. You need to hire quality staff...
Every fall, pediatric offices face the daunting task of delivering as many flu vaccines as possible to their patients. In order to protect their communities, we know this must be done in a timely fashion. With delivery of vaccine highly variable from season to season, and between VFC and private...
You’ve decided you’re ready to spread your entrepreneurial wings. You're going to open your own pediatric practice. While it’s an exciting time, it’s also busy with planning. You’ve got a checklist full of items like credentialing providers with payers, securing financing, choosing a location, purchasing technology, hiring staff, ordering supplies and...
When reviewing (or developing) your revenue cycle management plan, don't overlook the first steps: making sure all your providers are appropriately credentialed with all your payers and associated products. Credentialing and Provider Enrollment are more than just arduous tasks of paperwork; without them, claims aren’t paid. Opportunities to grow your...
Well visits are the cornerstone of every pediatric practice. They are essential to providing great care for your patients and ensuring financial success for your practice. Check out a recording of our webinar, “Maximize Your Pediatric Well Visit Rates,” presented by Susan J. Kressly, MD, FAAP. During this one-hour webinar, you...
A frazzled mom walks into your pediatric clinic. She approaches the check-in desk, and your receptionist notices dark circles below wet eyes, red from crying, possibly even during the drive to the office. The screaming toddler on the mom’s hip is not so interested in disguising his anguish. He wails in...
We all know you can't improve what you don’t monitor. But when it comes to your pediatric practice - do you even know what to monitor? Check out a recording of our educational webinar, Key Performance Indicators for Pediatric Practices, presented by Pediatric Management Institute (PMI) Founder Paul Vanchiere. Webinar Benefits Gain an...
In order to truly provide top-notch medical care at your pediatric practice, you need an all-star team of professionals working around you. Front desk staff, nurse practitioners, medical billers, the list goes on. A successful medical practice relies on a full staff of talented people. A hiring mistake alone, can...
If your payment data is currently dispersed across multiple systems, you might hit a roadblock in your plan for payment assurance. What does your roadmap for payment assurance look like? Use these three checkpoints to analyze where your data might be failing you and how you can improve collection processes by...
Preventative care is the cornerstone of pediatrics, yet many practices don’t optimize their well visits. If you are not doing proactive recalls, you are leaving money on the table and your patients are not receiving optimal care. There are several aspects to optimize well visits but your practice must be...
Do you get too many emails, app notifications, and social media blasts? So do the parents in your practice. That’s why it’s so hard to get their attention, let alone the attention of prospective patients. Check out the recording of our webinar, “Digital Strategies to Drive New Patients to Your Practice,”...
Do you lie awake at night worrying about your pediatric practice’s billing processes? Are you concerned about what will happen when your reliable, long-standing staff biller decides to retire? For example, who’s going to ensure you’re billing for all services you perform such as every strep test has an accompanying...
Since the inception of the HITECH Act in 2009, the major focus of Health IT has been in caring for adult patients and populations. For the past ten years, pediatricians have added our voices to every discussion reminding stakeholders that children are not just little adults, and they have specific...
I have spoken with many of you about the proposed CMS changes that are scheduled to take place over the next few years. From my perspective, they fall into two categories: what’s happening 1/1/19 and what is anticipated to change in 2021. Regardless of what kind of practice you are...
Many of us have been working on quality improvement projects in our offices that include improving immunization and well visit rates, reducing the use of unnecessary antibiotics, and other initiatives that improve the care of our patients. But how many of you have embarked on improving the patient and family...
I have had the privilege of traveling across the country meeting and speaking with colleagues, and in doing so, I’ve seen a wide variety of pediatric practices. There are a lot of pediatricians who are still under the impression that all they have to do is see patients and practice...
Many of you have read my prior blogs about the importance of well visits to pediatrics. I’ll say it again: as many “simple sick” visits are leaving the office for urgent care, telehealth and other competitive entities, it is crucial that the pediatric medical home owns preventive care. It is...
I had the pleasure of catching up with many of you at the AAP National Conference and Exhibition in Chicago in September. Pediatricians often ask me...
Well visits are becoming increasingly complex as the Bright Futures periodicity schedule changes. Over the past few years, evidence...
If your practice is like mine, you may have noticed unfilled slots in your patient schedule over...
For more than ten years, early adopters of EHR technology have promoted the power...
As we prepare to migrate from a fee-for-service to “value-based payment” model, it is critical that we gather as much information about the care we currently deliver, so we can best prepare for the future. ...
Did you know that medical errors are one of the leading causes of injury and death in the U.S.? According to a report conducted by the Institute of Medicine, an estimated 98,000 people die in hospitals every year from medical errors that could have been easily avoided. As the leader...
As the Wall Street Journal, and others have recently reported, Americans appear to be using fewer medical services this year. Is it the economy? Are we seeing less infectious illnesses? Are patients going elsewhere, such as retail-based clinics? It is likely a combination of factors, but many of us need...
