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Volume 18 - Issue 3 - March 2010

Feature

Case Report and Brief Review
03/12/2010
PATIENT PRESENTATION
PATIENT PRESENTATION
PATIENT PRESENTATION
03/12/2010
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Department

Research in Review
03/11/2010
The importance of accurate diagnosis and adjuvant radiation in treatment success.
The importance of accurate diagnosis and adjuvant radiation in treatment success.
The importance of accurate...
03/11/2010
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Coding and Billing
03/10/2010
How to respond to this newest administrative headache from CMS contractors more motivated than before to challenge claims. Don’t be surprised if you receive a “Medical Records Request Letter” from a CMS contractor. Unlike similar such...
How to respond to this newest administrative headache from CMS contractors more motivated than before to challenge claims. Don’t be surprised if you receive a “Medical Records Request Letter” from a CMS contractor. Unlike similar such...
How to respond to this newest...
03/10/2010
The Dermatologist
03/10/2010
There are some cutaneous syndromes that can be life-threatening if not diagnosed quickly. Outside dermatology, the term “dermatologic emergency” is often regarded as an oxymoron. Unless a patient’s skin is sloughing off — as in...
There are some cutaneous syndromes that can be life-threatening if not diagnosed quickly. Outside dermatology, the term “dermatologic emergency” is often regarded as an oxymoron. Unless a patient’s skin is sloughing off — as in...
There are some cutaneous...
03/10/2010
The Dermatologist
03/10/2010
What makes a doctor’s office an oasis? In part 1 of Creating an Office Oasis, the focus was on how positive human interactions with you and your staff can increase patient satisfaction and encourage referrals and return visits for elective...
What makes a doctor’s office an oasis? In part 1 of Creating an Office Oasis, the focus was on how positive human interactions with you and your staff can increase patient satisfaction and encourage referrals and return visits for elective...
What makes a doctor’s office an...
03/10/2010
The Dermatologist
03/10/2010
Continued research has resulted in new and improved treatment methods. Port wine stain” (PWS) is a descriptive term, adopted to describe a vascular lesion present at birth with an underlying capillary malformation. Due to nomenclature misuse...
Continued research has resulted in new and improved treatment methods. Port wine stain” (PWS) is a descriptive term, adopted to describe a vascular lesion present at birth with an underlying capillary malformation. Due to nomenclature misuse...
Continued research has resulted...
03/10/2010
The Dermatologist
03/10/2010
There’s so much happening in the laser realm that it’s increasingly difficult to sort the facts from the fluff, the promise from the puffery.
There’s so much happening in the laser realm that it’s increasingly difficult to sort the facts from the fluff, the promise from the puffery.
There’s so much happening in the...
03/10/2010
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Industry Insider
03/10/2010
Dermatology executives discuss their views of the dermatology market to provide insights on trends, challenges and changes in the industry. François Fournier is the President of Galderma Laboratories, LP, headquartered in Fort Worth, TX....
Dermatology executives discuss their views of the dermatology market to provide insights on trends, challenges and changes in the industry. François Fournier is the President of Galderma Laboratories, LP, headquartered in Fort Worth, TX....
Dermatology executives discuss...
03/10/2010
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03/10/2010
Basic science is often considered an oppressive and complicating component of residency training as well as a necessary but unappreciated part of the assemblage of details needed for the boards and recertification. For modern dermatologists,...
Basic science is often considered an oppressive and complicating component of residency training as well as a necessary but unappreciated part of the assemblage of details needed for the boards and recertification. For modern dermatologists,...
Basic science is often...
03/10/2010
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Column

Legal Ease
03/10/2010
Dermatologist-attorney Noah Scheinfeld discusses how the business of health care has come to dominate the practice of health care and flags what he considers the three key rules for negotiating managed care contracts and traces. Before the...
Dermatologist-attorney Noah Scheinfeld discusses how the business of health care has come to dominate the practice of health care and flags what he considers the three key rules for negotiating managed care contracts and traces. Before the...
Dermatologist-attorney Noah...
03/10/2010
The Dermatologist