Practice Management

Recent legislation appears to have delayed implementation of the new code.

Kathleen Kieran, MD, MSc, MME, discusses findings from a recent paper published in Urology.

CMS also expands the number of services payable under telehealth.

Evaluation/management changes should benefit providers and patients.

“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.

Use CPT code 52310 when a dangle is within the urethra and a grasper is used.

CPT code 99072 was created in response to extra medical practice expenses associated with patient care during the pandemic.

"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.

"Three products alone used to treat advanced prostate cancer were associated with about half of all payments to urologists," writes Robert A. Dowling, MD.

"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.

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.

3 urologists discuss their experience with telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The deletion of code 99201 is among the evaluation/management coding changes for 2021.

As practices reboot, urologists consider leaner staffs and operations.

Mitomycin sees the largest annual growth in spending per dose over the past 5 years, Robert A. Dowling, MD, reports.

Three codes are available for prostate biopsy, but only one is typically used for perineal biopsy, according to Jonathan Rubenstein, MD, and Mark Painter.

"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.

CPT 51798 will not be paid if performed in place of service 21 or 23, according to Jonathan Rubenstein, and Mark Painter.

"[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.

"I think the biggest challenge is the technical aspect, because there's always a potential that even if you have good connectivity, your patient may not; or even if you both have good connectivity, the platform might be suffering some sort of overload or some sort of error," says urologist Aaron Spitz, MD.

A group of experts answer the question: What are some words of advice you would give to somebody who's new to telemedicine based upon your experience?

Jonathan Rubenstein, MD, John Gore, MD, MS, Aaron Spitz, MD, and Eugene Rhee, MD, discuss urologists’ potential use of telemedicine for hospital consults.

In this video, experts discuss the relaxing of Medicare rules regarding telemedicine and how this has affected its adoption.