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Barbara J. Aung, DPM, CWS, FAPWHc, CPMA

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11/16/2017
I have been using a new multispectral infrared camera, the KD203 (Kent Imaging), for a few weeks now. My patients and I have been wowed by the images but I have been impressed more by the relevant clinical information I have available to me...
I have been using a new multispectral infrared camera, the KD203 (Kent Imaging), for a few weeks now. My patients and I have been wowed by the images but I have been impressed more by the relevant clinical information I have available to me...
I have been using a new...
11/16/2017
Podiatry Today
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06/08/2020
More than 99 percent of America's 30.2 million companies are small businesses.1 The majority (88 percent) of these small businesses have fewer than 20 employees and nearly 40 percent of all enterprises have under $100,000 in yearly revenue.1
More than 99 percent of America's 30.2 million companies are small businesses.1 The majority (88 percent) of these small businesses have fewer than 20 employees and nearly 40 percent of all enterprises have under $100,000 in yearly revenue.1
More than 99 percent of...
06/08/2020
Podiatry Today
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10/27/2016
As I get my practice ready to compete in the upcoming years of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA), I am reviewing the evidence of treatment protocols and products I use to...
As I get my practice ready to compete in the upcoming years of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA), I am reviewing the evidence of treatment protocols and products I use to...
As I get my practice ready to...
10/27/2016
Podiatry Today
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03/14/2019
Prior to the new CPT codes for 2019, we would report biopsies with CPT code 11100 for the first lesion and 11101 for each additional lesion biopsied regardless of the method of removal. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has...
Prior to the new CPT codes for 2019, we would report biopsies with CPT code 11100 for the first lesion and 11101 for each additional lesion biopsied regardless of the method of removal. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has...
Prior to the new CPT codes for...
03/14/2019
Podiatry Today
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12/13/2022
As the year comes to a close, it is a great time to evaluate our successes and our challenges from the past year in our practices. I find now is a great time to start looking toward and planning for an even more profitable future. Here is a...
As the year comes to a close, it is a great time to evaluate our successes and our challenges from the past year in our practices. I find now is a great time to start looking toward and planning for an even more profitable future. Here is a...
As the year comes to a close, it...
12/13/2022
Podiatry Today
10/25/2012
As the deadline to convert to ICD-10-CM codes approaches, don’t get caught unprepared for the transition. This author delineates important differences between the ICD-10 and ICD-9 codes, and offers pointers on what you need to know to update...
As the deadline to convert to ICD-10-CM codes approaches, don’t get caught unprepared for the transition. This author delineates important differences between the ICD-10 and ICD-9 codes, and offers pointers on what you need to know to update...
As the deadline to convert to...
10/25/2012
Podiatry Today
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10/20/2017
I recently received a notice from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) about the new Medicare card they will be issuing to members.
I recently received a notice from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) about the new Medicare card they will be issuing to members.
I recently received a notice...
10/20/2017
Podiatry Today
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04/08/2020
Early last month, I decided to get on a flight to Miami for a seminar that I had been looking forward to for a year. The organizers of that meeting decided not to cancel even though other meetings later in the month were already being...
Early last month, I decided to get on a flight to Miami for a seminar that I had been looking forward to for a year. The organizers of that meeting decided not to cancel even though other meetings later in the month were already being...
Early last month, I decided to...
04/08/2020
Podiatry Today
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09/23/2016
Several drop-dead deadlines for ICD-10 implementation came and went, giving us all more time to get ready. If you think the same thing will happen with the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA), guess again.  The...
Several drop-dead deadlines for ICD-10 implementation came and went, giving us all more time to get ready. If you think the same thing will happen with the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA), guess again.  The...
Several drop-dead deadlines for...
09/23/2016
Podiatry Today
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01/16/2019
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently removed the boxed warning (often misquoted as a “black box warning”) from Regranex (Smith & Nephew).1 The FDA placed the warning on Regranex gel in 2008 after a retrospective post-market study...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently removed the boxed warning (often misquoted as a “black box warning”) from Regranex (Smith & Nephew).1 The FDA placed the warning on Regranex gel in 2008 after a retrospective post-market study...
The Food and Drug Administration...
01/16/2019
Podiatry Today