Can you afford to avoid MIPS participation?
January 31, 2020
"Ignoring the entire Quality category may be a risky strategy in 2020 and beyond," warns Robert A. Dowling, MD.
Robert A. Dowling, MD
CMS releases MIPS data; how does urology measure up?
January 16, 2020
"The mean and median MIPS final composite scores among urologists in 2017 were 79.3 and 91.2, respectively; this was slightly higher than all specialties combined," writes Robert A. Dowling, MD.
How MIPS Cost category changes will affect urologists
November 22, 2019
"On Nov. 1, 2019, CMS published a final rule making important changes to the 2020 Quality Payment Program (Merit-based incentive Payment System [MIPS] and alternative payment models). Among the most significant are changes to the MIPS Cost Category: changes in the way patients are attributed to physicians, changes in the way the cost measures are calculated, and the addition of new episode-based cost measures," writes Robert A. Dowling, MD.
How recent legislation has affected payment for lab tests
November 14, 2019
"Automated urinalysis codes declined 19%, while the manual urinalysis codes without and with microscopy dropped 0.6% and 7.6% respectively over the 3-year period," writes Robert A. Dowling, MD.
Losing patients to follow-up? Here’s what you can do
September 23, 2019
Written policies should address scheduling guidelines and appointment cancellations, advises Robert A. Dowling, MD.
How to improve patients’ access to their health information
August 30, 2019
"Patient access to health information—whether it resides in a medical record, a lab company’s system, or an insurance company records—is a right firmly protected by federal laws and regulations," writes Robert A. Dowling, MD.
Open Payments data: What you should know about 2019 update
August 9, 2019
The average industry payment to a urologist saw a decline in 2018 compared with the previous year.
HHS program collects data on malpractice, adverse actions
July 22, 2019
Robert A. Dowling, MD, discusses how the National Practitioner Data Bank can inform urologists about the prevalence and type of medical malpractice payments and adverse actions against health care providers in the U.S.
Twelve Part D urology meds top $100 million in spending
July 16, 2019
In this article, Robert A. Dowling, MD, discusses Part D drug spending that may be of interest to the practicing urologist: those drugs prescribed, and in some cases, dispensed in the urology practice.
CMS data reveal trends in Part B drug spending
May 27, 2019
In this article, Robert A. Dowling, MD, takes a look at Part B drug spending that may be of interest to the practicing urologist.
