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.…
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…
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