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The following sections will assist healthcare professionals and payers by providing appropriate coding and billing information associated with the management of prostate cancer. The following sections include: Associated ICD-9-CM codes used for the classification of prostate cancer Drugs that have [ Read More ]
Although most physicians are aware that one of the greatest risks they face is becoming disabled and unable to perform the “material and substantial” duties of their medical specialty, most are unaware that myriad types of disability insurance policies exist [ Read More ]
Oncology as a medical specialty is, and always has been, rapidly evolving. The world in which we provide care for patients is also rapidly evolving, and not always in sync with our changes. Doctors will be needed to diagnose and [ Read More ]
Unexpected and unwanted oversight is becoming a more frequent element of practice, making it imperative that you understand current investigation and audit initiatives, and how to prepare and protect your practice. Understanding the Office of Inspector General The US Department [ Read More ]
The purpose of this article is to outline the benefits that pharmacists can play in cancer care. Each discipline within the interdisciplinary cancer team has people trained in a specific area of expertise. With the amount of information, the number [ Read More ]
Chicago, IL—Compliance with fair market value is critical for regulatory compliance in valuations of oncologist-hospital alignments, whether these are professional service agreements or comanagement arrangements, according to presenters at the 2011 Cancer Center Business Summit. “Professional service agreements comanagement arrangements [ Read More ]
Imagine that you are a patient who has been recently diagnosed with cancer. While you are still recovering from a difficult surgery to remove the tumor, your oncologist advises you it is time to begin chemotherapy. You are relieved to [ Read More ]
Here’s a bold prediction for the new year. By 2020, the American health insurance industry will be extinct. Insurance companies will be replaced by ac-countable care organizations (ACOs) —groups of doctors, hospitals and other health care providers who come together [ Read More ]
Remember the good old days? I do, and not everything was that good. When I started post-college work, I had no calculator, no personal computer with Excel or word-processing software, no fax machine, no internet access, and no smartphone. I [ Read More ]