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How to explain physician compounding to legislators
It’s time to convince legislators that physicians’ offices should be excluded from the USP and FDA definitions of compounding.
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Finally, a reproducible quality measure for Mohs
The quality metric that uses the ratio of Mohs layers can be used by physicians, payers, and patients alike.
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Why the Affordable Care Act will be greatly modified
Health care rationing is an uncomfortable topic, but one that responsible Americans should discuss. In particular, physicians should consider this...
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How you can help avoid catastrophic cuts to dermatology
It seems like only yesterday we were celebrating the elimination of the Medicare sustainable growth rate and the continuation of “global periods...
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Why can’t my patient have that miracle drug?
You and your patients deserve to know why insurers have become so bold in ignoring physician requests for treatment of their patients – ERISA
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Pig-in-a-poke health insurance, dermatologists never say never!
The recent “ramp up” because of increased costs and cuts associated with the Affordable Care Act has resulted in the delisting of many thousands...
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Unshackle American medicine
The American people just elected a regulatory wrecking ball, so let’s look at some changes we can hope the Trump administration will make.
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Time for transparency in skin cancer treatment
I heard Marty Makary, MD, speak at the annual meeting of the American College of Mohs Surgery (ACMS) a few months ago, and got to meet with him...
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Coding: Things often forgotten
As all of you know, several years ago, CMS unilaterally decided that consultations were really just new patient visits, and stopped paying for...