January 18, 2021
Podcast
Kathleen Kieran, MD, MSc, MME, discusses findings from a recent paper published in Urology.
December 28, 2020
Article
CMS also expands the number of services payable under telehealth.
November 25, 2020
Evaluation/management changes should benefit providers and patients.
November 02, 2020
“It’s going to be a slow process for hospitals to give the proper information to their physicians so that when we’re moving on to the new coding system, we’re not doing extra work," says one urologist.
October 29, 2020
Use CPT code 52310 when a dangle is within the urethra and a grasper is used.
October 14, 2020
CPT code 99072 was created in response to extra medical practice expenses associated with patient care during the pandemic.
September 17, 2020
"We’re taking it in stride. We don’t overbook to the point where we’re overwhelmed, and we’re not exhausting ourselves," says one urologist.
September 07, 2020
"Three products alone used to treat advanced prostate cancer were associated with about half of all payments to urologists," writes Robert A. Dowling, MD.
August 27, 2020
"We had a Russian-based attack. All of our data was encrypted. They said they’d give us back our data for $24,000 in bitcoins," says one urologist.
August 17, 2020
Against the backdrop of a new guideline for advanced prostate cancer, Robert A. Dowling, MD, describes how you might measure adherence to guidelines in your own practice.
July 09, 2020
3 urologists discuss their experience with telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic.
June 29, 2020
The deletion of code 99201 is among the evaluation/management coding changes for 2021.
June 18, 2020
As practices reboot, urologists consider leaner staffs and operations.
June 16, 2020
Mitomycin sees the largest annual growth in spending per dose over the past 5 years, Robert A. Dowling, MD, reports.
June 15, 2020
Three codes are available for prostate biopsy, but only one is typically used for perineal biopsy, according to Jonathan Rubenstein, MD, and Mark Painter.
June 11, 2020
"In the current environment of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), it has become obvious that it won’t be business as usual when the economy restarts and social distancing restrictions are relaxed," write Steven A. Kaplan, MD, and Alexis E. Te, MD.
"I struggle with fighting burnout because I don’t think I’ve done it as well as some people. People advised me to establish a better work-life balance," says one urologist.
June 03, 2020
CPT 51798 will not be paid if performed in place of service 21 or 23, according to Jonathan Rubenstein, and Mark Painter.
May 28, 2020
"[A study by Harry Markowitz] found that more than 90% of your long-term investment success is determined by asset class selection," writes Jeff Witz, CFP.
May 11, 2020
