It has been about one and a half years since the COVID-19 pandemic started within the United States. The COVID-19 pandemic consequentially 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 practice of social distancing throughout…
DetailsMost independent pediatric practices receive the majority of the practice revenue from patients with either commercial or managed Medicaid insurance. The payments to the practice are based on the fee schedule established between the insurance company and the Pediatric practice. Due to their depth of training and experiences, pediatricians have strong clinical knowledge, knowledge…
DetailsClinically 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…
DetailsIt 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…
DetailsThere 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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