Evaluating Clinically Integrated Networks (CINs) for Pediatric Practices

Clinically Integrated Networks or the acronym, CINs, are quality focused organizations that negotiate with payers to provide potential additional payments to providers based on established criteria. This criteria is usually a shared savings based criteria or a HEDIS-based quality improvement metric. A CIN can be one Health System or a Health System and independent practices…

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Update on the Impact of COVID-19 on Pediatric Practices

It has been over sixteen months since the COVID-19 pandemic started in the United States. The COVID-19 pandemic significantly altered how pediatric practices engage with patients. While the changes were significant, pediatric practice leaders and owners learned how to optimize the situation. The wearing of masks and social distancing in the winter of 2020-2021 helped…

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Summer Time: Practices are Scheduling Well Visits Before Back to School

There are many learnings from the COVID-19 pandemic related to operating a pediatric practice.  One key learning is that the COVID pandemic further confirmed that the core visit role of a pediatric office is the well visit and pediatric vaccinations. Pediatric practice leaders and owners should become even more focused on scheduling well visits for…

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Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine FDA approved for Patients 12 years and older

The two primary vaccines to prevent COVID-19 given in the US are the mra vaccines developed/marketed by Moderna and Pfizer.   The rapid immunization rates leveraging these vaccines has been a critical component of fighting the COVID-19 Pandemic.  This week, the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine was approved by the FDA for use in children 12 years…

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COVID – 19 Impact on Pediatric Practices after One Year of the Pandemic

It has been over a year since the COVID-19 pandemic started in the United States. The COVID-19 pandemic significantly altered how pediatric practices engage with patients. While the changes were significant, pediatric practice leaders and owners learned how to optimize the situation. The wearing of masks and social distancing in the winter of 2020-2021 helped…

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