Practice Management

Established patients with chronic problems may push back against charges.

Staffing has emerged as a top issue for physicians, and heading into 2023 the situation may be going from bad to worse.

"What I hope to see next year is continuing improvement in standards of care when we’re talking about [prostate-specific antigen] screening and prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment," says urologist Michael Cox, MD.

“We found many factors in urology that were associated with the inability to follow through with a video visit,” says Kevin Shee, MD, PhD.

Jeremy D. Sherer, JD, explains everything physicians need to know about using telemedicine in their practice in 2023.

Although that solution doesn’t exist yet and physicians can’t change the prior authorization demands from payers, here are steps to minimize the burden.

"Unfortunately, there is no 'one size fits all' answer to when you should start receiving Social Security benefits," writes Jeff Witz, CFP.

The new payment rate goes into effect January 2023 and will expand access to care for Medicare beneficiaries.

Bill reduces but does not prevent cut to physician reimbursement for Medicare in 2023.

Almost all clinicians avoided negative fee schedule adjustment in 2022.

"The significant changes in these areas may require you to adjust how much you contribute to certain accounts and how you may approach your budget and tax strategies," writes Jeff Witz, CFP.

As the year comes to a close, we revisit some of this year’s top content on malpractice in urology.

As the year comes to a close, we revisit some of this year’s top content on coding and reimbursement for urologic procedures.

“I just hope that people are as enthusiastic about this new company, as [I] and my coauthors are,” says Ruchika Talwar, MD.

As the year comes to a close, we revisit some of this year’s top content on diversity, equity, and inclusion.

"We're trying to figure out how to improve people's relationships with their genitals and like their sexual practices," says Christi Butler, MD.

"PCM codes require the practitioner to develop a disease-specific care plan, to obtain a patient’s verbal or written consent, and to educate the patient on PCM," write Jonathan Rubenstein, MD, and Mark Painter.

“I think my biggest piece of advice would be to get a social worker into your clinic because there's so many things that we can do,” says Mara Markzon, LCSW, ACM-SW.

"Although efforts to increase diversity of our membership have been ongoing for years, there had not previously been an adequate investment to ensure an inclusive climate that emphasizes equity across our volunteers and programs."

In this article, an expert addresses the most common issues that come up with patients that may make them harder to deal with and solutions that may help a provider.

“It's important to continue to speak up about what we have previously deemed controversial or taboo topics, such as family planning, pay disparities, and discrimination,” says Bridget Lang Findlay, MD.

eCoin is approved by the FDA for the treatment of urinary urge incontinence, a condition experienced by more than 60% of patients with overactive bladder.

Urologist topped the list as the most stressful career among the 873 jobs ranked.

"The prior authorization and interoperability proposals we are announcing today would streamline the prior authorization process and promote health care data sharing to improve the care experience across providers, patients, and caregivers – helping us to address avoidable delays in patient care and achieve better health outcomes for all,” said CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure.

Amanda North, MD, discusses the AUA census in depth, specifically highlighting the data collected on residents and fellows.

“This is a huge topic within all academic medicine right now, whether it’s urology or otherwise,” says Moben Mirza, MD, FACS.

The Cures Act has teeth and consumers are becoming increasingly aware of their right to obtain their information.

Moben Mirza, MD, FACS, discusses the need to move toward an optimal number of urology residency applications for both the individual applicants and the residency programs.

“I think that, as is often the case with public health policy, we underestimated the difficulty of achieving the goals we were aiming for,” said Blumenthal, David Blumenthal, MD, MPP.

"In the office, absolutely, I should be called by my profession," says one urologist.