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| 1. |  Purchasing Techniques: Controlling Purchase Costs of Supplies and Vaccines (2009)
American Academy of Pediatrics
Medical supplies and vaccines account for a large percentage of pediatric practice overhead. Controlling purchasing costs allows you to manage one element of overhead expenses in your business. This section provides tips on how to control your costs. (From the Launching Your Career in Pediatrics Handbook.)
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| 3. | Documenting Parental Refusal to Have Their Children Vaccinated (2009)
Immunization Initiatives Newsletter
This resource includes a cover memo from the Section on Infectious Diseases, which provides background information regarding the Refusal to Vaccinate form; as well as a template Refusal to Vaccinate form that can be modified to suit a practice's needs. Additional resources for pediatricians and parents are also listed. |
| 4. | Vaccine Purchasing Groups (2009)
American Academy of Pediatrics
Group purchasing organizations (GPOs) are able to combine orders from practices, hospitals, nursing homes, and other medical facilities to receive volume discounts from specific vendors. Vaccine purchasing programs are one type of GPO. This document provides some of the GPOs that AAP members are using.
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| 5. | Vaccines: How to Keep Your Patients Well and Your Practice Financially Healthy (2009)
Lynn Cramer, RN
Pediatricians and pediatric practice managers know that after salaries, vaccines are the second largest practice expense. Vaccine products are purchased by a practice, stored and managed, administered, and frequently payments are not received for weeks. Additionally, payers often pay for vaccines below recommended pricing or delay payments due to coverage or coding problems. This article describes how to reduce costs, track inventory, obtaining proper payment and additional resources. |
| 7. | When Is It Appropriate to Report 99211 During Immunization Administration? (2008)
American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Coding and Nomenclature
Features information on the reporting of current procedural terminology (CPT) code 99211, specifically the services included in the immunization administration codes, additional services required to appropriately report a 99211, and documentation requirements for a 99211.
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| 8. | Lessons Learned From Hurricane Katrina: Ensuring Proper Vaccine Management Handling and Administration During a Disaster (2007)
American Academy of Pediatrics Childhood Immunization Support Program
Disasters can have a devastating effect on the delivery of health care. The management, handling, and administration of vaccines are aspects of health care that can be successful if proper procedures are in place to prevent any possible challenges. Therefore, it is important for all pediatricians (regardless of location) to be prepared with a comprehensive vaccine management protocol to ensure that vaccines are handled properly before disaster strikes. |
| 9. | Parental Refusal to Vaccinate Form (2009)
AAP Section on Infectious Diseases
This form may be used as a template for vaccine refusal but should not be considered a legal document and should not substitute for legal advice from a qualified attorney. |
| 10. | Vaccine Reminder Recall Systems: A Practical Guide for Pediatric Practices (2009)
American Academy of Pediatrics
A special, in-depth article regarding vaccine reminder recall systems and strategies for implementation in a pediatric practice. Experiences from Kathleen Marker, RN, in Pennsylvania and William Zurhellen, MD, in New York are included, as well as comments from the AAP Section on Administration and Practice Management. |
| 11. | Managing Vaccines (2009)
American Academy of Pediatrics—Pediatric Practice Manager Association
This is a summary of a peer-to-peer survey distributed over the American Academy of Pediatrics Pediatric Practice Manager Association e-mail list. This survey addressed trends in pediatric practices related to managing vaccines, such as safe handling techniques, disaster preparedness, vaccine purchasing, and the effects of inadequate payment on vaccine administration. |
| 12. | Vaccine Information Statements (2009)
American Academy of Pediatrics
Information about vaccine information statements (VISs) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including quick links to current statements. |
| 13. | Vaccines (2009)
American Academy of Pediatrics
This section provides links to other articles on PMO that address vaccine related issues. (From the Launching Your Career in Pediatrics Handbook.)
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| 16. | Adolescent Vaccination (2008)
Immunization Initiatives Newsletter
Vaccinations are one of the best ways to put an end to the serious effects of certain diseases, but a recent report from the CDC shows that adolescent and adult immunization rates fall below expectations. Adolescents present a unique set of circumstances with which pediatricians must work in order to assure high vaccination rates. |
| 17. | Coding for the Product & Administration of Influenza Vaccine (2008)
Immunization Initiatives Newsletter
Providers can code for both the administration of the immunization as well as for the actual vaccine product itself. This article provides the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT©) codes that can be used for administering the vaccine. |
| 18. | Hepatitis B Fact Sheet (2008)
Immunization Initiatives Newsletter
Hepatitis B is a serious public health problem that affects people of all ages in the U.S. and around the world. This fact sheet features frequently asked questions. |
| 19. | Mercury Levels in Newborns and Infants After Receipt of Thimerosal-Containing Vaccines (2008)
American Academy of Pediatrics
When the Environmental Protection Agency and Food and Drug Administration set guidelines for acceptable levels of mercury exposure they were based on toxicology of methyl mercury, the type associated with consumption of fish. Methyl mercury is known to pass through all tissues in the body and takes approximately 70 days to be eliminated from the body. Exposure levels were verified by victims of 2 disasters when populations were accidentally exposed to methyl mercury. No such data has been available for ethyl mercury. |
| 20. | Pertussis Hospitalizations Among Infants in the United States, 1993 to 2004 (2008)
Margaret Cortese, MD, Andrew Baughman, PhD, MPH, Rongping Zhang, MS, Pamela Srivastava, MSm, and Gregory Wallace, MD, MS, MPH
This article analyzes the 1993-2004 rates of pertussis hospitalization among infants younger than 1 year of age in the United States by looking at passive national surveillance data compared to 2 national hospital discharge databases. |
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