This is the latest advocacy edition of the AUA's Inside Tract podcast. In our top payment advocacy news, the AUA recently submitted its comment letter to CMS on the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule for 2020. The AUA supports the proposed increase in the conversion factor for 2020, as well as the overall proposed increase of 1 percent in allowable charges for urology. Learn about this and much more on today's Advocacy Update.

A roundtable of panelists from the 2019 AUA Residents Forum discuss career paths and opportunities within academia, hospital-based employment and private practice. Speakers on this panel include: Cheryl T. Lee, MD, Michael E. Lipkin, MD, Eugene Y. Rhee, MD, MBA, Sanford Siegel, MD and Aaron Spitz, MD.

On today's episode of the Inside Tract we are joined by the AUA’s Coding Education Trainer Edna Maldonado to talk about coding for Bacillus Calmette Guerin (BCG). Ms. Maldonado answers some frequently asked questions that have come in to the AUA Coding Hotline about BCG coding. 

A roundtable of panelists from the 2019 AUA Residents Forum discuss career paths and opportunities in urology outside of academic or hospital-based practice.

Speakers on this panel include: Joseph N. Macaluso, Jr., MD, FACS, Gary M. Kirsh, MD and Aseem R. Shukla, MD.

Welcome to the latest advocacy edition of the AUA's podcast, the Inside Tract. This week's update includes information on state, research and regulatory advocacy, as well as an update on the AUA's patient advocacy activities.

Panelists from the 2019 American Urological Association (AUA) Residents Forum discuss writing, reviewing and revising manuscripts. 

Speakers on this panel include: Joseph A. Smith, Jr., MD, Editor, The Journal of Urology®; Todd M. Morgan, MD, Associate Editor, European Urology; and Hadley M. Wood, MD, Section Editor, Urology. 

Edna Maldonado, certified professional coder and AHIMA ICD-10-Trainer, delivers the latest edition of the AUA’s Inside Tract podcast. 

In this week's Coding, Reimbursement and Regulation Update for September 24, 2019, Ms. Maldonado discusses House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's plan to negotiate drug prices, the release of the Current Procedural Terminology Code set for 2020, and more. 

Dr. Eugene Cone, Chair of the AUA Residents and Fellows Committee, discusses the AUA’s new report that aggregate and analyze the Census responses of urology residents from 2016 to 2018.

In this week’s top news, Dr. Greg Murphy, a urologist in Greenville, NC, was elected to represent North Carolina’s 3rd Congressional District in a special election held September 10. 

Dr. Murphy, who has represented State District 9 in the North Carolina General Assembly since 2015, will join Dr. Neal Dunn as the only urologists currently serving in the U.S. Congress. Overall, there will now be 23 health care providers serving in the 116th Congress.

Eugene Cone, MD, joins the AUA Inside Tract to discuss being an Affiliate member with the AUA. Dr. Cone is a Fellow in Urologic Oncology at Harvard. He is also Chair of the AUA's Residents and Fellows Committee.