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In the experience of Martin Miner, MD, and Joel Heidelbaugh, MD, men’s health is far more than the working relationship between urology and primary care centered around male-specific medical concerns, and includes several different and significant subspecialties.

Narrow provider networks are gaining ground among insurers and could impact patient access to urologists. While insurers tout the approach to care as a way to control costs and preserve quality, urologists and others question whether the payment model is all about cost.

Use of targeted magnetic resonance/ultrasound fusion biopsy (“targeted biopsy”) resulted in the diagnosis of significantly more high-risk prostate cancers and significantly fewer low-risk cancers compared with a standardized systematic biopsy technique, reported the authors of a new study from the National Cancer Institute.

GI complications add more than $3,000 to the cost of care for a Medicare beneficiary, researchers report.

The use of PSA is not straightforward. It’s not simple or easy. But the last time I checked, we physicians went to school for a long time so that we could explain complicated problems to our patients.

In this column, Ross E. Weber of the AACU examines where various proposals to address the specialist physician shortage currently stand.

In a series of articles, urologist Robert A. Dowling, MD, reviews aspects of the National Quality Forum's “Safe Practices for Better Healthcare” consensus recommendations that are relevant to quality and safety in urologic practice.

In this interview, Patrick H. McKenna, MD, former chairman of the AUA’s Judicial & Ethics Committee, discusses self-referral as well as the AUA expert witness program, conflicts of interest, and live surgical demonstrations.

If further work with irreversible electroporation refines its capacity for discrete tissue ablation deep within the kidney and adjacent to large blood vessels, and especially if larger tumors can be addressed, then this would be a major step forward in the minimally invasive treatment of localized renal cancer.

African-American men with very low-risk prostate cancer being followed on active surveillance are at significantly higher risk for disease upgrading on subsequent biopsy compared to Caucasian men, according to analyses of prospectively collected data from the Johns Hopkins Active Surveillance registry.

Have the stars finally become aligned in such a way that Congress resolves the perennial Medicare physician fee fiasco? The signs seem to point that way.

Analyses of data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample of the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project are providing understanding on trends in utilization of simple prostatectomy for treatment of symptomatic BPH and addressing the gap in information about its outcomes.

When choosing a life insurance product, time needs to be spent on the intricacies of how those death benefits pass to the intended heirs, and how your estate is impacted, prior to making the purchase.

The Painters clear up confusion surrounding coding for prostate needle biopsy, and also discuss split billing for urodynamics testing.

Neither option will sidestep the need for a manual review prior to payment, say Ray Painter, MD, and Mark Painter.

A recent UCLA study suggests that physicians need to improve treatment counseling for patients with prostate cancer, a leading expert says.

Catch up on February’s best-read Urology Times articles, including our coverage of the AUA’s recent statement on NPs/PAs, a malpractice case involving removal of a cancer-free testicle, and a Q&A on diversity in urology.

The benefits of robot-assisted partial nephrectomy outweigh the health care and surgical costs, a new study found.

Earlier, more aggressive radiation therapy is recommended in prostate cancer patients with detectable PSA following radical prostatectomy, say the authors of a recently published study.

The muddy waters of patient selection and timing of post-prostatectomy radiation therapy may be clearer. Find out how.

A newer androgen receptor blocker significantly increases survival versus a first-generation agent in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, data show.

Urologists attending the 2015 Urology Joint Advocacy Conference will have the opportunity to make their voices heard on Capitol Hill at a pivotal time for physicians.

Blood vessel calcification may increase risk of heart disease in patients with recurrent kidney stones, according to a recent study.

Two advisers to Urology Times are among the 2015 AUA annual award recipients.

The adage, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again,” does not appear to hold true when it comes to anticholinergic drug use in overactive bladder patients with urinary incontinence, recent study results indicate.

This article provides a real-world definition of refractory overactive bladder and its prevalence, then examines treatment options, with a focus on percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation as a noninvasive form of neuromodulation “for the masses.”

The analysis looked at intracytoplasmic sperm injection use and reproductive outcomes between 1996 and 2012. fertilization. Learn why