Confessions Of A Pediatric Practice Management Consultant

The third in our drill down into the biggest mistakes that pediatricians make, we're going to discuss: how to stop practicing in a silo the industry events you need to know about how to update your look and feel

The second in our drill down into the biggest mistakes that pediatricians make, we're going to discuss: measures and benchmarks every pediatric practice should know how to avoid classic financial report mistakes ways to adopt a consistent management To-Do list how to leverage Evidence-Based Practice Management  

The first in our drill down into the biggest mistakes that pediatricians make, we're going to discuss the lack of preventive care focus.  Among the topics I'll cover: the impact a proper preventive care program will have on your practice data and benchmarks that will help you assess your performance real life tips and tricks to improve your clinical response and financial impact  

Last year, I was working with our marketing people to focus on our clients' "pain points."  They asked me, "What problems and mistakes do you see the most often in the offices you visit?"  I went into a rant and started writing things on a white board to keep it all organized.  When the pen ran out of ink, I took a step back and realized...hey, this is important stuff. Since then, I've had the chance to deliver a seminar with the title above: The Five Biggest Business Mistakes Pediatricians Make - Free Seminar.  In each instance, I've had about 45 minutes to cover all the content and take questions.  Now we want to take it to the next level! In a series of free, on-line webinars, we presented this topic, and then I dug deeply into each of the individual topics.  For example, when I cover "Get out of your office!" or "Do Your Homework" I'm not just going to toss out a few thoughts and move on, I'm going to spend some real time with examples and practical advice.  

In this episode, I spend a little under 20 minutes describing 5 things every pediatric practice should consider before purchasing an EHR.  If you're a PCC client already, sure - maybe this is old news.  But if you are a pediatrician, even if you're never going to consider PCC, spend 17 minutes and get an insider's view of what the important features of a pediatric EHR are - my answers will surprise you, I promise. During the podcast, I refer to PCC's productivity calculator - it's a free on-line tool we developed to let any physician - not just PCC clients, not just pediatricians! - calculate the impact of an EHR on productivity.  A few days after we recorded this podcast, we updated our WWW site, so the location has actually changed!  You can find the productivity calculator here. I'll be back shortly, promise!  

This may be long overdue, but worth the wait.  A few months back, Dr. Suzanne Berman (star of SOAPM list and stage) emailed me with a question about her practice.  That question led to a quick back and forth exchange of "all the things a practice should do on a periodic basis."  We brainstormed a long list and then sat down to talk about it for almost an hour.  Dr. Berman came up with some fantastic reminders. A list of all the important housecleaning items we came up with is posted on the blog - let us know what we missed so we can add it and share with the world.

We talk with Tim Proctor about what's happening with PCMH 2014 standards, and some practical advice on what you can do now to make attestation easier.   Related Links and References (available with iOS and other podcatcher apps): pcmh.pcc.com pcpcc.org www.theverdengroup.com

In this inaugural episode, Chip explores the impacts of ICD-10 on pediatrics with PCC's Jan Blanchard (CPC, CPEDC).  They discuss the importance of documentation, the state of readiness of pediatric practices, EHR vendors and carriers, the role of episodes of care in coding, resources available to pediatricians, and other topics. Related Links and References (available with iOS and other podcatcher apps): ICD-10 Index from cms.gov AAP superbill Video and slides from PCC's ICD-10 Seminars