It has been about seven months since the COVID-19 pandemic started in the United States. The early stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic started as a state of emergency with stay at home orders by the government. The combined stay and home orders created an environment where children and parents were not engaging…
The approach for evaluating an EHR for a Pediatric practice can vary depending on a few factors. For instance, a Pediatric Super group with over 50 Pediatricians will have different on-site resources such as a large IT team, Revenue Cycle Management and Admin team. This blog article is focused on factors to consider for a…
On March 9th, 2020, the Health and Human Services (HHS) released a press bulletin related to the 21st Century Cures Act for interoperability between Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems as well as Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). This work by the ONC is a step forward to further enhance patient ability to have their data…
Cyber criminals target small businesses with inadequate or “dated” security. Most independent Pediatric Practices are small businesses with less than ten Pediatricians plus support staff. When choosing an E.H.R. for a Pediatric Practice, the leaders/owners should evaluate cloud-based E.H.R.s vs. an E.H.R. on a Server. This article is to compare the security, management…
The annual Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) Technology Forum is a two-day conference that includes participants from academics, IT managers/leaders and team members of Health Systems, payers and E.H.R. Companies like PhysicianXpress, Inc. Physician Xpres, Inc. participated in the 2020 ONC Technology Forum this year on August 10th – August 11th. The…
The COVID-19 Pandemic continues to impact operations of a pediatric office. From the business perspective of total visits to the office, the average practice continues to see less well and sick patients when compared to the pre-COVID-19 Pandemic. While the United States economy moves forward since the original lock-down, the COVID-19 disease has spread…
As the business model continues to migrate from Fee For Service (FFS) payment toward quality care payments, the incentive payments and approach of Pediatric practices can change. It is interesting to note that many quality programs provided by payers have a minimum practice panel size. The reason for this is there needs to…
Pediatric HealthIT Guidance Provided by ONC Leaders on June 24th. On June 24th, 2020 from 4-5 pm the Office for the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology provided an overview of the recommended areas of focus for Pediatric HealthIT. This teleconference included a review of the ten recommendations for Pediatric HealthIT. These…
There are two potential CARES Act Programs that provide support funding to Pediatric practices. The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP): This loan to grant program provides a SBA loan to Pediatric groups for which the most to all of the loan amount can be forgiven (grant). Most Pediatric groups applied in early…
96110 Developmental screening (e.g., developmental milestone survey, speech and language delay screen), with scoring and documentation, per standardized instrument Guidance on when to use this code for Pediatric well visits: Add this code for 18 and 24 month well visit when complete MCHAT Can also add this code if complete developmental screening scoring tool.…
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