Regarding 99214, it is an artificial construction that has little to do with real medicine. While we do all the items usually required in a complete evaluation, charting it is a different process to make sure you jump through the right hoops. Templates help.

Burnout can be worse in a group, because you are not in control of your situation. When you are asked to do things that you do not agree, it only makes the situation worse.

Indy, you are right. The ACUC group are thoughtful physicians who care about their practices and their patients. Otherwise they would not have invested the time and energy to learn and improve AC.

Leslie, you are right, Indy is very wonderful. He actually understands how docs think. Very rare. The dogs were great too.


Wendell
Pediatrician in Chicago

The patient's expectation is that you have all the answers, sometimes they just don't like the answer you have for them