Practice Management

“Remote supervision is something that we are utilizing now and look forward to even growing further,” says Lisa J. Finkelstein, DO, FACOS.

“For a lot of settings, a lot of patients, and in a lot of domains within urology, audio visits are equivalent in terms of satisfaction and outcomes to video visits,” says Kara L. Watts, MD.

The AACU is in favor of this effort in order provide an accurate update of the Medicare Economic Index

The AACU has strong concerns regarding this policy and its associated administrative waste and burdens.

“It's pretty apparent that if physicians are not going to be reimbursed properly for telehealth, they're not going to use utilize it,” says Lisa J. Finkelstein, DO, FACOS.

“Allowing the waiver to continue indefinitely would be a tremendous win for telehealth for both sides, the patients and the health care providers,” says Kara L. Watts, MD.

“There is a growing consensus that a hard medical liability insurance market exists in a considerable number of states and is slowly spreading across the United States as more physicians face higher insurance premiums,” said AMA President Jack Resneck Jr., MD.

“He’s had just such a huge impact for me as a role model, a teacher, a wonderful support system, just such a kind-hearted person,” says Stacy Loeb, MD, MSc, PhD (hon).

"Although payers are supposed to adopt CPT instructions, we unfortunately do not have a system that contractually binds payers to follow CPT instructions verbatim," write Jonathan Rubenstein, MD, and Mark Painter.

“The answer won’t be found in telling physicians to be more resilient,” said AMA president and health policy expert Jack Resneck Jr., MD.

“Waiting for others to fix health care is not a good strategy. Instead, be determined to begin your journey to your mountaintop of joy and fulfillment,” says Scott A. MacDiarmid, MD, FRCPSC.

In this installment, Jonathan Clavell, MD, FACS, highlights Clavell Urology, his private practice within Robert J Cornell MD, PA, in Houston, Texas.

This legislation a bipartisan bill designed to improve affordability and access to prescription medications.

"The need for maintaining the high quality of education within the increasing number of restrictions and regulations is making the job as program director complex and time-consuming," writes Gopal H. Badlani, MD.

“Together, these changes will help ensure enrollees have consistent access to medically- necessary care while also maintaining medical management tools that emphasize the important role MA plans play in coordinating medically-necessary care,” CMS said.

The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center of the US Department of Health and Human Services recently published a mobile device security checklist.

EHR measures are an indicator of how technology friendly your practice is.

“I think it's important as urologists to try to understand how we fit into this scheme and how we can participate in value-based care in a meaningful way without negatively affecting patients,” says Avinash Maganty, MD.

Rebekah Bernard, MD, provides tips for improving interactions with patients who are angry.

Resist the temptation to overspend on unnecessary luxuries and upgrades.

Modifier -25 is defined as a significant, separately identifiable E/M service by the same physician or other qualified health care professional on the same day of the procedure or other service.

“The potential benefits of incorporating AI into health care are numerous but like every technology, AI comes with risks that must be managed if the benefits of these tools are to outweigh the potential costs,” writes cybersecurity expert Jon Moore.

"The first main finding was after adjusting for individual physician characteristics as well as the characteristics of the actual patient case mix for each physician, we found that small practices performed poorly compared with larger practices," says Avinash Maganty, MD.

“Many were concerned that what the MIPS policy is really measuring is an ability to track and report measures as opposed to the actual provision of quality care,” says Avinash Maganty, MD.

Improving your patient payment process in 2023 is important to maintain a positive relationship with your patients and with your practice’s bottom line.

Urologic oncology represented the largest subspecialty on Twitter with 225 active members and the highest followers, likes, and tweets per day.

"The ultimate goal is to have as much of our time spent on actual patient care and complex decision-making [as possible]," says David Canes, MD.

“The more we can use AI to streamline all the less attractive aspects of our job, the better,” says David Canes, MD.

If automation can enhance efficiency and reduce provider dissatisfaction while improving patient health, there’s a strong case for introducing automation into the mix, writes industry expert Eric Demers.

"When we think about what burnout does to our workforce, the ramifications are significant," says Andrew M. Harris, MD.