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...
If you are looking for assistance with coding during the COVID-19 crisis, look no further. This recorded webinar published by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has everything you need. This webinar offers guidance on how to navigate rapidly evolving ICD-10-CM and CPT coding for telemedicine, telehealth, and COVID-19 diagnoses and...
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...
Industry-leading pediatricians gathered together to discuss the pediatric office response to COVID-19. Panelists and topics included: Dr. Rathore - COVID-19 update and advice on children born to COVID-19 positive mothersDr. Susan Sirota - Well visits, sick visits & how to ready the office for potential high volumes Dr. Kerry Fierstein - Handling...
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,...
Are you looking for guidance on how to launch telehealth into your practice during the COVID-19 crisis? The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) published a recorded webinar where I had the privilege of addressing the following as we work through these unprecedented times together: Telehealth: the whyGetting Started: the...
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,...
Learn more about caring for children and pregnant women during outbreaks of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) experts discuss infection prevention and control measures in inpatient obstetric health care settings as well as resources to care for pediatric patients. Check out a recording of this webinar...
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,...
Wellness means different things to different people, but many would agree that it plays a big role in your overall health. Finding ways to boost wellness, especially at the office, can improve work performance as well. According to the CDC, healthier employees translates to a more productive office. Additionally, offices...
Do you know how safe your practice’s sensitive patient information is? Every year, the healthcare industry is becoming a bigger target for cyber attacks. These attacks can have lasting financial and social repercussions for your practice, employees, and patients. Check out a recording of our complimentary webinar, Protect Your Pediatric...
Parents of your pediatric patients are busy people who like technology and the convenience it offers. In fact, they are accustomed to being an online consumer — when buying airline tickets, making restaurant reservations, ordering groceries, and purchasing all of their everyday goods and services. It makes sense, then, to have...
The patient referral system is one of the most important pathways within pediatric healthcare. Ideally, it operates smoothly, to ensure that all patients regardless of socio-economic background, gender, or race are able to take steps towards good health. In a recent issue of Pediatrics, a study confirmed that there were several...
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...
The ever-changing landscape of healthcare means that primary care physicians are facing some tough competition. Pediatricians recognize that on-demand care options like urgent care centers and retail clinics are taking pediatric patients away from their medical home. However, research suggests that the greatest threat to traditional healthcare is direct-to-consumer telemedicine. During...
As an independent pediatric office owner or administrator, you want your practice to thrive. One of the best ways to ensure that your business succeeds is having a high-performing team. Recent research shows that high-performing teams have one thing in common: They work in a psychologically safe environment. It's kind of an...
Keeping your personal information safe is important, but when someone else entrusts you with their information, you have an obligation to protect it diligently and at all costs. It’s especially true since medical practices are one of the most heavily targeted because they contain an abundance of private information that...
In addition to toothy smiles and reward stickers, pediatric practices run on efficiency. Streamlined systems are essential for providers, administrators, staff members, patients, and their families. This is especially true when prescribing medications, including controlled substances. In pediatrics, the most common controlled substances are typically ADHD medications. These maintenance drugs are...
The timely delivery of immunizations is at the core of pediatric preventive medicine. To give it the attention it needs—and deserves—every component of immunization management has an important role to play. The HIMSS Immunization Integration Program (IIP) Certification is a step towards better electronic health records (EHRs) and improved patient...
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...
Electronic health record software is consistently updated in order to adjust to the ever-changing and dynamic healthcare and technology worlds. That’s why training must be seen as a consistent commitment, not a one-and-done effort. Regardless of whether you’re going to switch to a new EHR or plan on staying...
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,”...
In the past, excellent patient care was enough to earn word of mouth referrals for pediatric practices. Aside from directory listings, most doctors didn't need to market their practices at all. Parents would simply ask their friends for a doctor recommendation or choose from an insurance company's list of providers....
Sometimes, you can have too much of a good thing. When it comes to choosing an electronic health record (EHR) solution, less is actually more if you’re in a pediatrics practice. That’s because a well-rounded adult-centric EHR is likely to be less helpful than one specially built for your area...
Online patient portals – or websites connected to a patient’s EHR – can provide tremendous enhancements for pediatric family engagement and satisfaction. On the other hand, online portals can also be one of those offerings some parents argue is good in theory, but not in practice. Busy parents may be...
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...
In a typical day, how do patient records move through your pediatric office? Your administrative staff pulls files for scheduled patients and creates records for new patients. Your nurse/medical assistant updates those files with each patient’s vitals. Your pediatricians take copious notes as they see each patient. Then, each file...
You’re invested in your patients' health and well-being, but are they? If not, your clinical outcomes and bottom line may suffer. Check out a recording of our educational webinar, Increase Patient Engagement: Improve Clinical and Financial Outcomes. During this webinar, you’ll learn: What patient engagement is Why it's important for your...
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...
It’s really rewarding to see so many colleagues realizing the power behind the EHR and embracing it as a robust tool, not just an electronic word document. Creating a note, which reflects the work performed at an office visit, is much of what pediatric team members do every day. However,...
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...
In celebration of National Children’s Dental Health Month, take a minute to make sure your practice is doing everything it can to promote good oral health to your patients and families. Have you incorporated questions about oral health into your well visit templates? Do you ask about a dental home?...
As we start the new year, many people decide to assess where they are in life and prioritize some positive improvements. I’d like to offer the following New Year’s Resolutions for EHR users:...
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...
Much has been written about team-based care in the last few years. Proactive outreach to patients and coordinating their care...
If your practice is like mine, you may have noticed unfilled slots in your patient schedule over...
Whether or not you plan to apply for NCQA for Patient Centered Medical Home (PCHM)...
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