AUANews Inside Tract

Today's episode of the AUA Inside Tract podcast includes updates on current federal and state legislation affecting urologists and their patients. Congress is still on recess, and will return to Washington on September 9.

August is a great time to contact your lawmaker and share your perspective on issues that affect urology and your practice. To learn more about active legislation and how to get involved, visit AUAnet.org/ActNow

Tricia L. Zubert, NP-A, joins the AUA Inside Tract to discuss Advanced Practice Provider at the AUA. The AUA is a global membership organization with more than 20,000 members that bridges urologic communities through education, research, policy and philanthropy. 

To read more about Advanced Practice Provider membership opportunities please access its home page on AUAnet.org.

This week’s advocacy update includes the latest news and information about the 2020 proposed rules for Medicare, information about patient relationship billing modifiers and FDA recalls.

For more information, please make sure to visit our Coding and Reimbursement section of AUAnet.org 

Today's episode of the AUA Inside Tract includes an important discussion from the 2019 AUA Young Urologists Forum featuring Julie Riley, MD, Damara Kaplan, MD, and Nathan Grunewald, MD. These panelists answer questions related to recruiters, compensation transparency, managing the cost and efficiency of a clinic/practice, and the impact of fellowship training in the first half of the episode.

In the second half of the episode they  answer questions related to contract negotiations, connecting with colleagues, adapting to the changing market, job change, and wellness in the profession.

Today's episode of the AUA Inside Tract podcast includes the latest information on proposed Medicare payment rules for 2020, last month’s Alliance of Specialty Medicine Fly-In and new drug pricing legislation.

Both the House and the Senate are on recess this month. August is a great time to contact your lawmaker and share your perspective on issues that affect urology and your practice. To learn more about active legislation and how to get involved, visit AUAnet.org/ActNow

Today's episode of the AUA Inside Tract includes an important discussion from the 2019 AUA Young Urologists Forum.

Nathan Grunewald, MD, urologic surgeon at Sauk Prairie Healthcare, discusses the top ten things he wishes he knew before he started practicing. This portion of the discussion is from the perspective of a hospital-based urologist.

Today's Inside Tract podcast includes an interview with Karen Wheeler, MD, PhD, Fellow at University of Texas Health Center San Antonio. Dr. Wheeler is the winner of the second annual Residents and Fellows Committee essay contest.

The theme of this year's contest, open to medical students, residents and fellows, was How I Maintain Resilience in an Era of Physician Burnout. To learn more visit the Residents and Fellows Committee Essay Contest webpage as part of AUANet.org. 

Edna Maldonado, certified professional coder and AHIMA ICD-10-Trainer, reflects on her presentation from the 2019 AUA Practice Management Conference about the importance of proper documentation in urology. 

Today's episode of the AUA Inside Tract includes an important discussion from the 2019 AUA Young Urologists Forum. 

Damara Kaplan, MD, urologist at Presbyterian Medical Group, discusses the top ten things she wishes she knew before she started practicing. This portion of the discussion is from the perspective of a private practice urologist. You can listen to this discussion from the perspective of an academic urologist in our previous episode. Learn more about the AUA Young Urologists Committee by visiting their webpage on AUANet.org.

Today's episode of the AUA Inside Tract podcast includes an update on the latest information on a new Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) code for BCG, new legislation to reform the USPSTF and action from our patient advocacy team. 

The AUA's patient and research advocacy team has also been active in promoting and advocating for reauthorization of the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). We are currently monitoring the introduction of the Senate version of the bipartisan PCORI reauthorization legislation. Stay tuned for more information in future podcasts on this topic.