Quality reporting: A straw man for cost cutting?

Arpeet Shah, MD, highlights the shift toward precision medicine, ongoing work force challenges, the integration of AI, and more.

In this episode of Speaking of Urology®, Eugene Rhee, MD, MBA, and Logan Galansky, MD, discuss key topics in health policy and recap the AUA's recent Annual Urology Advocacy Summit.

"As we all know, Medicare rules do not always follow CPT directives. The same is true in this case," write Jonathan Rubenstein, MD, and Mark Painter.

In this episode, Janelle Bunce, PA-C, highlights the role that advanced practice providers can play in filling the gaps created by the growing workforce shortages in urology.

"Please note that although this starts out as a balloon rather than just the injection of a biodegradable product, this device is actually fully biodegradable and is absorbed within 6 months of insertion," write Jonathan Rubenstein, MD, and Mark Painter.

"There are far more people presenting to us for care than we have people able to provide it. The APPs are going to be a critical part of trying to solve that puzzle," says Mark T. Edney, MD.