Practice Management

Here are seven ways texting can improve healthcare revenue and decrease costs.

Although a hospital or health system may experience a revenue gain, the profits frequently do not trickle down to the physicians from the acquired practice.

MIU seizes innovation opportunities presented by dynamic national urology platform caring for nearly one-half million patients.

“Physicians should take better care of their own personal needs [and] create some boundaries…for a more balanced life,” says William Lynes, MD.

Check for surgical approach and bundling edits when choosing a code.

“Take care of yourself, so we can take care of other people,” says Diana Londoño, MD.

In a recent interview, Mark A. Moyad, MD, MPH, discusses his personal experience with identity theft and why health care professionals should pay more attention to this topic.

In a recent interview, recipient of the Society of Women in Urology’s 2021 Outstanding Resident Award, Efe Chantal Ghanney Simons, MD, discusses the improvements that are needed for women in urology

Be sure to check and refresh your practice’s policies for record requests.

Loan repayment assistance programs and refinancing are options.

"I don't think we're doing enough. Absolutely not. Otherwise, we'd be in a different situation," says Diana Londoño, MD.

"Our hospital doesn’t have a [COVID-19 vaccination] mandate. A mandate would cost us a handful of nurses," says 1 urologist.

"This is still really a male-dominated field; however, the patient population is well mixed. There's men and women that are patients, and a lot of female patients are requesting female urologists," said Jennifer Miles-Thomas, MD.

“Thirteen percent of all doctors have suicidal ideation, and more than [400 physicians per year] will complete suicide. That is a tragedy of medicine,” says Diana Londoño, MD.

Urology as a specialty will see a 3.71% decrease in overall payments.

Beneficiaries are encouraged to choose an online doctor who acts as their first point of contact for most primary care.

Be sure to replenish your emergency fund if necessary.

"Without any real data [showing] that this improves anything, it just makes us too accessible," says one urologist.

Keeping up to date on EHR updates is 1 step you can take.

"As always, document well and use the modifiers when appropriate," advise Jonathan Rubenstein, MD, and Mark Painter.

"The short answer is that this will be paid once," according to Jonathan Rubenstein, MD, and Mark Painter.

"There is no planet B and, collectively, small individual actions can make a big difference," says Stacy Loeb, MD, PhD, MSc.

A recent study sought to investigate the trends in sudden and significant private equity acquisitions among urology practices between 2011 and 2021.

Code selection will depend on the size of the stone being treated.

“Bottom line, there's really no way to separate all of the things that we do, but I think we can all be more conscious on a day-to-day basis in terms of our own environmental footprint and just making better choices,” says Stacy Loeb, MD, PhD, MSc.

"Being a patient has convinced me that providers do not always treat patients the way they would want to be treated," writes Robert A. Dowling, MD.

“In general, urologists are really happy people. They love their work, but they're not exempt from the challenges that come with any workplace, especially when you have a lot of different roles, you have a fast environment, and the stakes are high,” says Loren Jean Smith.

“[We gave the ES kits out] with the idea that instead of having these people…travel…hundreds of miles to a main hospital for their endoscopy, the urologist could travel to a village with just the smartphone and the endoscope set-up and proceed to do a ton of endoscopy there,” says Ralph V. Clayman, MD.

Commercial real estate can be one of the highest expenses for health care practices.

"This work isn't for one; it is certainly for all,” says Efe C. Ghanney Simons, MD.