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Welcome To PedSource

Physician's Computer Company (PCC), developer of Partner pediatric practice management software, is a valuable business resource for pediatricians. PCC created PedSource to share these resources with the larger pediatric community.

Read up-to-date information about pediatrics, share a page from your day with your pediatric peers, and participate in this lively online community. Sign up to join in on the discussion, receive e-mails about new updates to the site, and stay informed on important pediatric topics.

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When you join PedSource you'll enjoy...
  • Invitations to Pediatric Conferences and Audio-Seminars
  • A library of tips and tricks to help you save time and money
  • Benchmarks and Calculators featuring Pediatric data
  • Opportunities to assist with the design of a Pediatric EHR
  • Peer-to-peer networking

Join today to start enjoying the benefits of belonging to this online, pediatric community!

Here at PCC, we frequently receive requests for various templates for use in a pediatric practice. Lately, we've heard a number of pleas for sample employee evaluations and we turned to some of you for examples.Thanks to the Pediatric Clinic in Greenville, Texas and Green Hills Pediatric Associates in Nashville, Tennessee for these great sample forms they are sharing with us and all of you! 

Have a template of your own to share? Email us and we'd be happy to add it to our growing collection of pediatric resources!

PCC has just come out with a new release of PCC EHR, Version 1.6.1, which includes new e-prescribing tool, PCC eRx, powered by DrFirst. EHR Project Manager Bill VanDeventer said of the partnering decision, "We researched many third party e-prescribing companies and chose DrFirst because of their leadership in the industry and because they provided us the ability to integrate their service tightly into PCC EHR. We wanted to ensure that our customers could access and use the prescription module without any disruption to the flow of the medical visit." Additionally, DrFirst is a Surescripts certified product.

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Meaningful Use Resources

Recently on PedSource, we featured a three part series of articles to help pediatricians navigate the convoluted issue of how to qualify for EHR stimulus money. Now, we have compiled these articles in one easy-to-find location so that you can quickly find answers to the three central questions surrounding this issue:

Are You Eligible for ARRA Money?

Do You Need a Certified EHR?

What is a Meaningful User of EHR?

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We will continue to follow the discussions surrounding Meaningful Use, Certification, and Medicaid money under ARRA to help you make informed decisions for your practice.

 

Blog: Confessions of a Pediatric Practice Consultant

Two vital dates for your schedule:

 

October 1, 2010

This is the new Medicare fee schedule extension date.  Until then, the 2010 Medicare rate will be maintained at the 2009 levels.  Here's an AMA summary:

This afternoon, the Senate passed H.R. 4213, a bill to extend certain tax policies and stimulate job growth, by a vote of 62-36.  The bill includes provisions that would further extend current Medicare physician payment rates until October 1, 2010. The legislation will now be sent to the House, where amendments are possible.  Consequently, it is not certain if this extension of Medicare payment rates can be signed into law before the current Medicare physician payment freeze expires on April 1.

July 22-23 (and 20+21 for PCC clients) 

Even more important - the PCC Users' Conference and Pediatric Coding and Practice Management in July.  To quote, again:

The next PCC Pediatric Coding and Practice Management conference will be a two day event held on July 22-23 at the Sheraton Burlington Hotel and Conference Center in Burlington, Vermont. Further information is typically published in early April.

We have some really fascinating speakers lined some - some new, some of the usual suspects - and it doesn't get better than Vermont in July.  Save the date.