The two primary vaccines to prevent COVID-19 given in the US are the mra vaccines developed/marketed by Moderna and Pfizer. The rapid immunization rates leveraging these vaccines has been a critical component of fighting the COVID-19 Pandemic. This week, the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine was approved by the FDA for use in children 12 years…
It has been over a year since the COVID-19 pandemic started in the United States. The COVID-19 pandemic significantly altered how pediatric practices engage with patients. While the changes were significant, pediatric practice leaders and owners learned how to optimize the situation. The wearing of masks and social distancing in the winter of 2020-2021 helped…
A well-designed pediatric practice dashboard can help a Pediatric practice owner and/or administrator enhance the clinical and financial performance of their Pediatric practice. Well defined financial and clinical dashboards present both data and information to determine an overall financial score and clinical score. The data and indicators within a Pediatric practice dashboard…
Implementation of telehealth at outpatient pediatric offices prior to the COVID-19 pandemic was limited due to a number of factors. These factors included: limited insurance coverage, limited pool of patients willing to pay out of pocket for telehealth services, complexity and cost of starting a telehealth operation. There was much investment into telehealth companies…
As we start a new year, the role of the front desk team members is even more important to ensure a pediatric practice has the most current insurance information. While providing monitoring, feedback and oversight of the front desk team performance is always important, this is most important in January due to the change in…
Summary of PediatricXpress EHR ONC Certification The pediatricXpress EHR system (version 20) by PhysicianXpress, Inc. received an enhanced Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) certification on December 10, 2020. The current ONC certification for PediatricXpress includes 36 certification criteria as well certification on eight (8), Pediatric-focused, Clinical Quality Measures (CQMs). Currently, the pediatricXpress system is…
While the total impact of the COVID-19 pandemic varied by pediatric practice, each pediatric practice that we work with was able to operate through the year. Operating a pediatric practice in 2020 required pediatric practice owners and leaders to be flexible, creative, and resilient during a year of many unknowns without a ‘road map’ of…
On December 1, 2020, the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) Health IT sponsored a conference titled “Accelerating APIs in Healthcare: A Year in Review and Momentum for 2021”. The ONC develops the HealthIT policy and road map for the future of the United States. When developing the HealthIT road map, the leaders…
Early Monday morning, November 9th, Pfizer announced some positive results regarding their COVID-19 Vaccine they are developing with BioNTech. This vaccine candidate is a two-dose series. The phase III clinical trials involved over 40,000 patients. There is some data in the press release that based on exposing patients who received the vaccine to…
The use of scoring tools in Pediatrics helps the Pediatrician or Pediatric provider in making a more informed assessment of the child. While using a scoring tool is extra work for the pediatric provider, in many cases, the payer will reimburse for the associated scoring tools CPT codes when utilized for appropriate pediatric patient…
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