Volume 12 - Issue 3 - March 2004
Department
Derm Dx
09/04/2008
PATIENT PRESENTATION A 57-year-old Caucasian female presented to our office as a referral from a local emergency room. She had lived in Arizona for 15 years. She complained of a pruritic eruption on her scalp, trunk, arms and legs that had...
PATIENT PRESENTATION A 57-year-old Caucasian female presented to our office as a referral from a local emergency room. She had lived in Arizona for 15 years. She complained of a pruritic eruption on her scalp, trunk, arms and legs that had...
PATIENT PRESENTATION A...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
Coding and Billing
09/04/2008
M any physicians continue to struggle with the issues of whether to code a procedure as a biopsy versus a shave removal versus an excision. I receive many faxes regarding the issue of intent. “I have always been told that my intent...
M any physicians continue to struggle with the issues of whether to code a procedure as a biopsy versus a shave removal versus an excision. I receive many faxes regarding the issue of intent. “I have always been told that my intent...
M any physicians continue to...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
Cosmetic Clinic
09/04/2008
T he first time a patient informed me that I was less than perfect, I was sure he was mistaken. I’d always thought that my office was perfect since I designed it. It was a given that my taste in everything from artificial flowers to magazine...
T he first time a patient informed me that I was less than perfect, I was sure he was mistaken. I’d always thought that my office was perfect since I designed it. It was a given that my taste in everything from artificial flowers to magazine...
T he first time a patient...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
09/04/2008
For all of the lengthy efforts made to educate and track patients who take isotretinoin (Accutane) to prevent pregnancies, and consequently, severe birth defects, it’s hard to believe that this drug can be so easily imported from other...
For all of the lengthy efforts made to educate and track patients who take isotretinoin (Accutane) to prevent pregnancies, and consequently, severe birth defects, it’s hard to believe that this drug can be so easily imported from other...
For all of the lengthy efforts...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
09/04/2008
Beauty may be easy to see because it’s only skin deep, but looking below the skin’s surface hasn’t always been as easy to do. Even though a variety of optical imaging techniques are available, such as pulse oximeters and simple vision...
Beauty may be easy to see because it’s only skin deep, but looking below the skin’s surface hasn’t always been as easy to do. Even though a variety of optical imaging techniques are available, such as pulse oximeters and simple vision...
Beauty may be easy to see...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
09/04/2008
T hese days the television, radio and print media are filled with dire news about healthcare costs spiraling out of control. The traditional, alphabet soup programs (HMOs, PPOs, EPOs, etc.) no longer seem able to reduce costs. In fact, most...
T hese days the television, radio and print media are filled with dire news about healthcare costs spiraling out of control. The traditional, alphabet soup programs (HMOs, PPOs, EPOs, etc.) no longer seem able to reduce costs. In fact, most...
T hese days the television,...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
09/04/2008
Skin & Aging is proud to bring you this latest installment in its CME series. This series consists of regular CME activities that qualify you for two Category 1 physician credit hours. As a reader of Skin & Aging, this course is...
Skin & Aging is proud to bring you this latest installment in its CME series. This series consists of regular CME activities that qualify you for two Category 1 physician credit hours. As a reader of Skin & Aging, this course is...
Skin & Aging is proud to...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
09/04/2008
3M Granted FDA Approval to Treat AKs T he FDA granted marketing approval for imiquimod cream 5% (Aldara) to treat clinically typical, nonhyperkeratotic, nonhypertrophic actinic keratoses (AKs) on the face or scalp in immunocompetent adults....
3M Granted FDA Approval to Treat AKs T he FDA granted marketing approval for imiquimod cream 5% (Aldara) to treat clinically typical, nonhyperkeratotic, nonhypertrophic actinic keratoses (AKs) on the face or scalp in immunocompetent adults....
3M Granted FDA Approval to Treat...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
Column
Chief Medical Editor Message
09/04/2008
O riginally from Philadelphia, Amy McMichael, M.D., has called North Carolina her home for the past 11 years now. Along with her husband,
6-year-old daughter and 3 1/2-year-old son, Dr. McMichael resides near Wake Forest University in...
O riginally from Philadelphia, Amy McMichael, M.D., has called North Carolina her home for the past 11 years now. Along with her husband,
6-year-old daughter and 3 1/2-year-old son, Dr. McMichael resides near Wake Forest University in...
O riginally from Philadelphia,...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
Chief Medical Editor Message
09/04/2008
P soriasis has a tremendous impact on the lives of patients. New psoriasis treatments are a godsend to those patients for whom previously available treatments have not been effective. But, these treatments do cost more than previously...
P soriasis has a tremendous impact on the lives of patients. New psoriasis treatments are a godsend to those patients for whom previously available treatments have not been effective. But, these treatments do cost more than previously...
P soriasis has a tremendous...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
