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.…
The COVID-19 Pandemic caught the entire nation by surprise in March. On March 13th, President Trump declared a state of emergency and by March 16th every state declared a state of emergency. The Pandemic and the state of emergency caused shutting down activities, schools, work, stores, offices and travel. Initially, many individuals hoped the…
Since Mid-March, many parents were home watching the news that runs constantly and seeing images of NYC Hospitals as well as the daily updates from the White House team on the pandemic. The environment of children and adults being at home reduces contact for COVID-19 as well as other diseases/conditions that result in patients going…
Visits in pediatric practices were as expected through the week ending Saturday, March 14th, 2020. Starting Monday, March 16th, the impact of businesses and school closures as well as the awareness of COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on the engagement of patients with pediatric practices. The COVID-19 Pandemic is an event that pediatric practices…
Ken Dominy Independent pediatricians that are practice owners have many roles. While a practice owner might have the skills to do all the roles in their practice, many of the roles are lower revenue roles, some that distract the practice owner from growing the practice. A Key Performance Indicator for pediatric groups is the number…
Ken Dominy Accounts Receivable days, or more commonly known as AR days, is an important Key Performance Indicator (KPI) for revenue management at a pediatric practice. Since claims are sent to insurance companies and patient payments, there will always be pending revenue to be paid or Accounts Receivable (AR). AR Days is a calculation to…
Ken Dominy There are many components to operating an independent Pediatric Medical Practice. The core function of Pediatric practices is managing patients effectively for their well being. Decades ago, the Healthcare market was a simpler design – a Medical practice developed a fee schedule and charged patients based on the fee schedule for procedures…
Ken Dominy There are many choices for Electronic Health Record (EHR) Systems on the market today. An office-based pediatric practice needs a full-featured and easy to use pediatric clinical template system. It is confusing and time-consuming for providers if they have to choose from hundreds of clinical templates with many variations. A great pediatric EHR…
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