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…
DetailsAs 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…
DetailsPediatric 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…
DetailsThere 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…
Details96110 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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