Practice Management

Patient data is so valuable — and smaller providers are more vulnerable — that hackers are increasingly targeting physician groups.

"The first takeaway I would say is that there is not only a lot of passion for each of these different areas in our society, but also there's a lot of expertise and experience within our urologic community from which we can all draw upon," says Manoj Monga, MD, FACS.

"Digital engagement technology, which can be seamlessly integrated into a health system or hospital's existing processes," writes Chelsea King Arthur.

“These are codes that had not been updated in decades—since they were originally written,” says Jonathan Rubenstein, MD.

If you’re a doctor, your job is to take care of others. But too often, that comes at the expense of taking care of yourself.

“Now, we only have 1 code set that we have to worry about instead of 2 code sets,” says Jonathan Rubenstein, MD.

Section 179 of the IRS Tax Code allows businesses to deduct up to the full purchase price of qualified equipment, technology, software, and other qualifying purchases from their taxes within the same tax year.

“Practices need to be aware that they need to be able to budget for those who perform in-office services that have very little clinical labor, but may have a high practice expense overall,” Jonathan Rubenstein, MD, says.

“Every year, we see our reimbursements go down. Every year, there seem to be some sort of patch,” says Jonathan Rubenstein, MD.

Established patients with chronic problems may push back against charges.

Staffing has emerged as a top issue for physicians, and heading into 2023 the situation may be going from bad to worse.

"What I hope to see next year is continuing improvement in standards of care when we’re talking about [prostate-specific antigen] screening and prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment," says urologist Michael Cox, MD.

“We found many factors in urology that were associated with the inability to follow through with a video visit,” says Kevin Shee, MD, PhD.

Jeremy D. Sherer, JD, explains everything physicians need to know about using telemedicine in their practice in 2023.

Although that solution doesn’t exist yet and physicians can’t change the prior authorization demands from payers, here are steps to minimize the burden.

"Unfortunately, there is no 'one size fits all' answer to when you should start receiving Social Security benefits," writes Jeff Witz, CFP.

The new payment rate goes into effect January 2023 and will expand access to care for Medicare beneficiaries.

Bill reduces but does not prevent cut to physician reimbursement for Medicare in 2023.

Almost all clinicians avoided negative fee schedule adjustment in 2022.

"The significant changes in these areas may require you to adjust how much you contribute to certain accounts and how you may approach your budget and tax strategies," writes Jeff Witz, CFP.

As the year comes to a close, we revisit some of this year’s top content on malpractice in urology.

As the year comes to a close, we revisit some of this year’s top content on coding and reimbursement for urologic procedures.

“I just hope that people are as enthusiastic about this new company, as [I] and my coauthors are,” says Ruchika Talwar, MD.

As the year comes to a close, we revisit some of this year’s top content on diversity, equity, and inclusion.

"We're trying to figure out how to improve people's relationships with their genitals and like their sexual practices," says Christi Butler, MD.