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Overworking has become the norm, but that doesn’t mean it should be.

Tips for physicians to improve work-life balance

 is an attorney in the Columbus, Ohio, office of Reminger Co, LPA. He specializes in malpractice defense and insurance litigation.

Plaintiff’s attorneys are substituting regulations for standard of care.

Can federal regulations on hospital-acquired conditions create liability?

"Giving to charity can be a very powerful tax-savings tool. Check if you have any appreciated investment assets you could donate instead of cash," writes Jeff Witz, CFP.

Top off your emergency fund and max out your IRAs before the year ends

Keith Loria is a contributing writer to Medical Economics.

“Physicians should take medical board complaints far more seriously than a medical malpractice complaint,” said attorney Alex Keoskey.

How should you handle a medical board complaint?

 is the president of Dowling Medical Director Services, a private health care consulting firm specializing in quality improvement, clinical informatics, and health care policy affecting specialty care. He is the former medical director of a large, metropolitan, single-specialty urology group in Fort Worth, Texas.

Oft-used practice can lead to inaccuracies, mistakes in care, and burnout.

Why is copying and pasting in the EHR such a problem?

Karen Nash is a medical reporter and media consultant based in Monroeville, PA.

"We increasingly see the evolving role of ‘precision medicine’ in urology, using genetic and genomic testing to guide [management] for a variety of diseases, particularly bladder and prostate cancer," says 1 urologist.

What new guideline or presentation from the 2022 AUA Annual Meeting will have the biggest impact on urologists?

“The science on pain care has advanced over the past six years,” said Debbie Dowell, MD, MPH, chief clinical research officer for CDC’s Division of Overdose Prevention.

CDC updates its recommendations for opioid prescribing

Cybersecurity training is vital because it is mandated by HIPAA.

Expert shares key cybersecurity fundamentals and best practices

The Optilume drug-coated balloon catheter system is approved by the FDA for the treatment of men with urethral strictures.

AMA issues Category 1 CPT Code to Optilume for urethral strictures

 is compliance officer and medical director of coding and reimbursement, United Urology Group and Chesapeake Urology, in Towson, Maryland.

Mark Painter is CEO of PRS Urology SC in Denver.

"Although Medicare has developed previous coverage directives for several types of PCR tests outside of UTI detection and there are sound arguments for the use of PCR tests in detecting UTIs, Medicare only recently published a local coverage determination that included the use of PCR tests for UTI detection," write Jonathan Rubenstein, MD, and Mark Painter.

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