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No one can predict with any great certainty the financial outlook for 2016, especially with the national elections looming in November. Nevertheless, certain money management strategies make sense every year.

Two-thirds of patients attending a urology clinic for the management of urolithiasis failed to meet physical activity guidelines. In addition, patients with recent symptomatic urolithiasis were significantly more likely to be current smokers than those without recent symptomatic urolithiasis, according to a recent study.

Analyses of overall survival rates among subgroups of men who received radium-223 dichloride (Ra 223; Xofigo) as part of an expanded access program suggest factors that may have prognostic significance, including effects of prior and concomitant treatments.

"With better education and research, our stone patients can decrease their disease risk and improve their overall health sooner rather than later," writes Stephen Y. Nakada, MD.

In this article, Robert A. Dowling, MD, addresses common questions and answers on patient access to protected health information-recently released by the government-to help your office manage this common task in a compliant fashion.

In this interview, Dr. Wong describes difficult stones, discusses the skills and training required to treat them, and outlines the role of different treatment modalities.

Dawn Collins, JD, also writes about a lawsuit in which a patient sued over an alleged failure to diagnose Fournier's gangrene.

Practices should discuss meaningful use with their EHR vendor and determine if they are a certified vendor (CEHRT). Start with focusing on these six specific areas to respond to software changes.

The federal government’s aggressive timeline for full Stage 3 implementation of meaningful use in 2018 seemed to derail on Jan. 11 when Acting CMS Administrator Andy Slavitt declared that the program would come to an end this year. Now that the news has settled, urologists are among those who think meaningful use is very much alive, but evolving, and urologists and other physicians should not change EHR course, just yet.

There are several very detailed steps that we will combine into 11 separate functions that have to be performed in a prompt and accurate fashion in order to submit a clean claim and be paid in a timely fashion.

When Dr. Painter started practice during the early 1970s in a small town in western Colorado, the entire billing and collections process was much simpler.

Despite ureteroscopy's high success results, there is still a role for shock wave lithotripsy in treating stones, urologists say.

This video depicts a robot-assisted laparoscopic cystectomy with intracorporeal ileal conduit for patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer.

This video demonstrates a technique for the intracorporeal creation of a robot-assisted Y-shaped neobladder after cystectomy.

This video demonstrates a robotic neobladder technique using the University of Southern California approach, which applies a number of open surgical techniques.

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The authors sought to identify factors associated with 30-day emergency department visits and readmission following URSLL.

Researchers looked at PCNL patients who received a 7-day course of antibiotics, 40 patients treated for 2 days preoperatively, and 72 patients who were given a single perioperative dose.

Results of a recently published study examining the safety of the two approaches support stronger consideration for orchiectomy, according to its authors.

Findings of a large study examining histology of newly diagnosed prostate cancer point to concerning trends in the aftermath of the USPSTF’s recommendation against PSA-based screening.

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Urology Times is pleased to announce the appointment of Stacy Loeb, MD, MSc, to its Editorial Council, representing the areas of men’s health and prostate cancer.

The agency issues two strict final orders related to mesh for transvaginal repair of pelvic organ prolapse.

In this interview, E. Jason Abel, MD, discusses biopsy’s role in small and large renal masses, associated risks, and when patients can be safely observed.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which in 2012 recommended against PSA-based screening for prostate cancer, is developing a new research plan for updating recommendations that urology practices will be expected to follow once it is finalized.

Henry Rosevear, MD, recently read what he felt was 2015's best article on the business of health care.

Number of preoperative biopsies does not appear to have any clinically significant effect on self-reported urinary or erectile function outcomes at 1 year after radical prostatectomy, researchers say.