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1.Chapter 10: Managing Medical Liability Risks for Telephone Care (2008)
Section on Telephone Care
Recommends various ways to avoid medical liability risks when providing telephone care, using several specific scenarios. This is part of the AAP's Payment for Telephone Care: A Toolkit.
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2.Dot Your i's and Cross Your t's: Tips on Avoiding Indefensible Medical Records (2008)
Robert A Mendelson, MD
Knowing what to write in the medical record and what to leave out are important risk management skills. This article helps pediatricians refine those skills and provides tips on making the medical record a precise clinical tool, but not a weapon for a potential plaintiff's attorney.
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3.Recommendations for Preventive Pediatric Health Care (Periodicity Schedule) (2008)
Bright Futures/American Academy of Pediatrics
The Bright Futures/American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations for preventive pediatric health care, updated in 2007. It is provided in a table format, and includes recommendations from birth to age 21.
4.Risk Management Strategies for the Consultant (2008)
American Academy of Pediatrics
Features information on the strategies a consultant can take to manage risk.
5.Answering the Call (Pediatricians and the Law) (2007)
Jeffrey L. Brown, MD, FAAP
This article explores the reasons why pediatricians are sued for telephone care and how pediatricians can reduce those risks without compromising efficiency.
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6.Medical Record Retention (2007)
American Academy of Pediatrics
This article provides resources that can help you determine when it is acceptable to dispose of medical records.
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7.Protecting Patient Health Information (2006)
C. Morrison Farish, MD, FAAP
Outlines important considerations regarding record retention and protecting patient health information when selling or closing a practice.
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8.Take steps to minimize risk when consulting with another physician (Pediatricians and the Law) (2005)
Steven M. Donn, MD, FAAP
Provides guidance to pediatricians who utilize the services of outside consultants.
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9.Does your practice follow requirements for retaining patient records? (Pediatricians and the Law) (2001)
AAP Division of Health Care Finance and Practice
Provides guidance to pediatricians regarding the retention of medical records.
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10.Setting Up a Computer System (2009)
American Academy of Pediatrics
As you set up your practice, an integral part of your business operations may involve purchasing and implementing a computer system for practice management and electronic records. (From the Launching Your Career in Pediatrics Handbook.)
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11.How to Use the Toolkit (2003)
American Academy of Pediatrics
Overview of the HIPAA Transactions Toolkit, intended for use by physicians and other professional providers of non-institutional health care services.
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12."Never" Events in Pediatric Practice—Ways to Improve Quality Care in Your Practice (2009)
American Academy of Pediatrics
This is a summary of a discussion that was posted on the Section on Administration and Practice Management e-mail list about what staff should be instructed to never do in a pediatric practice.
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13.Compliance deadline for 'Red Flag Rules' approaching (2009)
American Academy of Pediatrics
Medical identity theft occurs when someone uses a person's name and sometimes parts of his or her identity—such as social security number or health insurance information—without that person's knowledge or consent to obtain medical services or goods, or uses the person's identity information to make false claims for medical services or goods. The Red Flag Rules are federal regulations that the Federal Trade Commission published on November 9, 2007 in the Federal Register must do to prevent medical identity theft by implementing an Identity Theft Prevention Program (ITPP).
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14.Pediatricians Can Take Steps to Reduce Risk of Toxic Lead Torts (2008)
David Marcus, M.D., FAAP
This article provides risk management tips for pediatricians on anticipatory guidance for lead screening, communicating risks, laboratory tests and re-testing, documenting results, and appropriate follow up with pediatric patients.
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15.Coding for Pediatric Preventive Care (2009)
American Academy of Pediatrics
This resource contains a comprehensive listing of codes that may not be utilized by your practice on a regular basis.
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16.New law tightens requirements for protecting health information (2009)
American Academy of Pediatrics
As a result of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, health care providers, health plans and other covered entities are required to review and potentially modify their privacy and security policies, employee training programs, business associate agreements, breach notification protocols and internal auditing plans. This article provides an overview of the impact, implications for practicing pediatricians and new enforcement provisions.
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17.Proportion of Pediatric Preventive Care Spending, by Type of Service and by Age by Gender, for Ages 0 through 21 for Non-at-risk Children (2008)
American Academy of Pediatrics
This document provides an overview of the percentage of checkups, immunizations, and screening by age and gender.
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18.AAP Letter: Recommendations for Preventive Pediatric Health Care (Periodicity Schedule) (2007)
AAP Private Payer Advocacy Advisory Committee
Official AAP letter to medical directors, dated November 21, 2007, notifying national carriers and benefit consulting firms of the revisions to the Recommendations for Preventive Pediatric Care (periodicity schedule).
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19.Childhood Influenza: Number Needed to Vaccinate to Prevent 1 Hospitalization or Outpatient Visit (2007)
Immunization Initiatives Newsletter
This article provides an overview of several studies that assess how many children needed to be given the influenza vaccine to prevent 1 hospitalization.
20.Historical Comparisons of Morbidity and Mortality for Vaccine-Preventable Diseases in the United States (2007)
Immunization Initiatives Newsletter
Merck has announced a voluntary recall in the United States for certain lots of PedvaxHIB and COMVAX vaccine.
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