COVID-19 Impact on Pediatric Practices as of November 2020

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…

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Review of the December 1, 2020 ONC Conference titled “Accelerating APIs in Healthcare”

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…

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Preparing Pediatric Practices to be Ready for the COVID-19 Vaccines

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…

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Managing Payor Denials related to Supplemental CPT Codes associated with Well Visits at Pediatric Practices

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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COVID-19 Impact on Pediatric Office Visits during the Second & Third Quarter of 2020

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…

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