Practice Management

Other products featured include a testosterone gel, exercise program to strengthen male pelvic muscles, and a book about prostate cancer diagnosis and management.

In this article, Robert A. Dowling, MD, discusses practical aspects of a work flow analysis in your office, including its relationship with health information technology and some helpful resources and tools.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed changes to Medicare payment cover the Physician Quality Reporting System, value-based payment modification, potential relative value unit changes, targeted codes, and a change in global for future years, among other items.

When considering purchase of a disability insurance policy, it’s important to have an exact understanding of the language being used in the policy.

In malpractice cases that involve the occurrence of a known complication during a procedure, the issues usually raised are informed consent for the procedure and the timely recognition and appropriate treatment of the complication.

Other questions addressed in this installment of "Coding Q&A" include understanding the Physician Quality Reporting System and avoiding being denied payment for lab tests based on medical necessity.

By their very nature, financial markets rise and fall constantly, with an ever-present potential for gain or loss. The key is to have a plan in place in advance of large market selloffs or large market increases.

Web analytics refers to collecting, analyzing, and using data about how users interact with your website to optimize that interaction for the benefit of your business. Here is what you need to know.

New urology products and services from Symtelligence Medical Informatics, LABORIE, Metamark Genetics, the MediSafe Project, and Olympus

As the capital markets have improved, more investors have shifted their concern from weathering the financial crisis to anticipating the possible inflationary effects of rising federal spending and debt. This thinking has led many to reassess their bond portfolios and even look at commodity futures as a potential inflation hedge.

The changes in health care are fast and furious. Remember that in any massive change there is opportunity. For the office that is willing to make the changes, the silver lining is that health care is moving to a more retail environment. When the dust settles, the opportunity for your office to regain control of how your patients are treated is right in front of you.

In this column, Robert A. Dowling, MD, explores bundled payments and describes a method for calculating “costs” that a practice could use to determine profit/loss projections and negotiate fee schedules using relative value units.

New products and services from TERUMO Medical Corp., TOLMAR Pharmaceuticals, Spry Publishing, and Beckman Coulter Diagnostics.

With tax season behind us, now is the perfect time to be proactive for the 2014 tax year. By taking steps this year, you can avoid the situation of sitting down with your accountant next year and finding that it’s too late to reduce your tax liability.

Lumenis Ltd. has announced the U.S. launch of the Lumenis Pulse 120H Holmium laser platform for a range of urologic applications.

The Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 largely preserves the status quo for physicians and their Medicare patients, but many believe the health care model is ripe for disruptive innovation.

In this edition of "Coding Q&A," Ray Painter, MD, and Mark Painter also discuss the use of the –59 modifier when instilling mitomycin after TURBT, and whether you can charge for a establishing a treatment on the same day for a patient on whom you have just performed a cystoscopy.

Other cases discussed in this edition of "Malpractice Consult" include cecum perforated during prostatectomy, injections fail to improve Peyronie's disease, and dementia diagnosis blamed on urologic procedure.

New products and services from Lumenis, ITelagen, Mission Pharmacal, PatientPoint, and HealthTronics IT Solutions.

So with ICD-10 implementation pushed to Oct. 1, 2015, what happens now? In this article, we will discuss what we think you should do next.

While there are many non-financial issues to consider when going through a divorce, financial implications must also be examined, especially in the event of a second marriage.

Real estate purchases can be made on an individual basis or in a diversified form through partnerships or real estate investment trusts.

In this article, Deepak A. Kapoor, MD, provides an overview of existing benchmarks used in determining physician compensation and basic tools that can assist in the negotiating process.

New products and services from Accuray, Cook Medical, OPKO Health, Intuitive Surgical, Skipta, Mauna Kea Technologies, and the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.

This guide features products and services from manufacturers that are exhibiting at the AUA annual meeting in Orlando. Exhibit hall booth numbers have been included so that you can search for product demonstrations and exhibits that are of particular interest to you.

Patients are demanding transparency and access to their health information, and recent initiatives from the government and private insurers are addressing these demands.

Federal estate tax exemption portability represents a huge potential benefit for many estates that should not be overlooked.

In the lawsuit, the urologist contended the circumcision was properly performed and the patient’s curvature was due to a previously asymptomatic Peyronie’s condition, which was exacerbated after the circumcision procedure.

In an age where physician fees are primarily determined by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, insurers who negotiate a percentage of Medicare, or value-based reimbursement programs, it is reasonable to examine the purpose and method of creating and maintaining a master fee schedule, or “charge master.”

Medications that have to be injected or instilled are considered Medicare Part B drugs, and for many offices, these are a money-losing proposition. However, you have a few options that will allow you to provide the needed medications to your patients without loss of revenue.