Practice Support

Resources on coding, financing and payment, practice management, quality improvement, health information technology, and more provide support for your practice operations.

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  Business of Pediatrics

  AAP resources to assist career and business decisions in an ever evolving pediatric marketplace.

  • Hot Topics in the Pediatric Marketplace: Adapting to Policy & Market Forces in Pediatrics
  • Resources for Employed Physicians
  • Resources for Self Employed Physicians
  • Career in Pediatrics
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  Practice Basics

  AAP resources to assist practices in setting up office-based delivery systems that are effective, efficient, and compliant with regulations

  • Setting Up a Practice
  • Practice Changes and Types
  • Staffing
  • Medical Liability and Risk Management
  • Physician Health and Wellness
  • Closing a Practice (retirement, selling)
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  Financing & Payment

  AAP financing and payment resources to help practices navigate the changing health care environment to ensure proper payment for services provided

  • Pediatric Cost Model
  • Accountable Care Organizations
  • Coding Resources
  • Medicare Resource-Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS)
  • Medicaid-to-Medicare and Commercial-to-Medicare Physician Payment Ratios, by State, 2008
  • Private Payer Advocacy
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  Quality Improvement and Patient Safety

  AAP resources on practice-based quality improvement activities, as well as networks that contribute to overall quality measures and improvement in pediatric care

  • Clinical Practice Guidelines
  • Maintenance of Certification
  • Patient and Family Centered Medical Home
  • Patient Safety
  • AAP Quality Improvement Initiatives
  • Quality Improvement in the Practice
  • Tool Kits
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  Office Operations

  AAP resources to support pediatricians in making decisions about the administrative aspects of their offices

  • Documentation and Medical Record Keeping
  • Health Information Technology
  • Emergency Preparedness and Response
  • Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
  • Practice Administration
  • Marketing Your Practice
  • Vaccine Financing & Delivery
  • Sample Office Documents (Log-in Required)
  • Telephone Care
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  Patient Management

  AAP tools and resources to help practices care for and communicate with their patients

  • Communicating with Patients/Parents (Log-in Required)
  • Chronic Condition Management Resources
  • Care Coordination Resources
  • Letters to Patients (Log-in Required)
  • Patient Policies (Log-in Required)
  • Billing and Payment
  • Culturally Effective Care Toolkit
  • Bright Futures Homepage