Practice Management

Lumenis Ltd. has announced the U.S. launch of the Lumenis Pulse 120H Holmium laser platform for a range of urologic applications.

The Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 largely preserves the status quo for physicians and their Medicare patients, but many believe the health care model is ripe for disruptive innovation.

In this edition of "Coding Q&A," Ray Painter, MD, and Mark Painter also discuss the use of the –59 modifier when instilling mitomycin after TURBT, and whether you can charge for a establishing a treatment on the same day for a patient on whom you have just performed a cystoscopy.

Other cases discussed in this edition of "Malpractice Consult" include cecum perforated during prostatectomy, injections fail to improve Peyronie's disease, and dementia diagnosis blamed on urologic procedure.

New products and services from Lumenis, ITelagen, Mission Pharmacal, PatientPoint, and HealthTronics IT Solutions.

So with ICD-10 implementation pushed to Oct. 1, 2015, what happens now? In this article, we will discuss what we think you should do next.

While there are many non-financial issues to consider when going through a divorce, financial implications must also be examined, especially in the event of a second marriage.

Real estate purchases can be made on an individual basis or in a diversified form through partnerships or real estate investment trusts.

In this article, Deepak A. Kapoor, MD, provides an overview of existing benchmarks used in determining physician compensation and basic tools that can assist in the negotiating process.

New products and services from Accuray, Cook Medical, OPKO Health, Intuitive Surgical, Skipta, Mauna Kea Technologies, and the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.

This guide features products and services from manufacturers that are exhibiting at the AUA annual meeting in Orlando. Exhibit hall booth numbers have been included so that you can search for product demonstrations and exhibits that are of particular interest to you.

Patients are demanding transparency and access to their health information, and recent initiatives from the government and private insurers are addressing these demands.

Federal estate tax exemption portability represents a huge potential benefit for many estates that should not be overlooked.

In the lawsuit, the urologist contended the circumcision was properly performed and the patient’s curvature was due to a previously asymptomatic Peyronie’s condition, which was exacerbated after the circumcision procedure.

In an age where physician fees are primarily determined by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, insurers who negotiate a percentage of Medicare, or value-based reimbursement programs, it is reasonable to examine the purpose and method of creating and maintaining a master fee schedule, or “charge master.”

Medications that have to be injected or instilled are considered Medicare Part B drugs, and for many offices, these are a money-losing proposition. However, you have a few options that will allow you to provide the needed medications to your patients without loss of revenue.

It certainly makes sense to try to avoid kiddie tax exposure through effective tax planning strategies. The key is to keep your child’s unearned income below or near the $2,000 threshold.

New products and services from UroGPO, Caldera Medical, Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, VIVUS, and Jeffrey Albaugh, PhD, APRN.

As you start to prepare paperwork for your accountant, be aware of the changes relative to your 2013 tax return, which has a filing deadline of April 15, 2014.

A lawsuit was filed against both the urologist and the radiologist involved in the treatment of the kidney stone, claiming that he was not informed of the abnormality on the left kidney noted on the CT scan and the recommendation for follow-up.

The latest products and services from Lambert Academic Publishing, the AUA, United Guardian, and SpryPublishing.

Physicians spend an enormous amount of time processing, creating, and storing electronic information. These tasks can seem overwhelming at times, but there are ways to streamline them.

The latest products and services from Mission Pharmacal, Eli Lilly, Richard Wolf Medical Instruments Corp., and Inspire on Purpose Publishing.

If you’re in private practice, your profits will be directly affected by how your staff can manage and adapt to ACA-related coverage changes.

In the lawsuit, the physician was accused of not timely responding to the information that there was no urine returned after catheterization.