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, a grasp of the basic science underpinnings of the profession is essential. It has become the norm to not only have to recognize complex clinical presentations and histopathologic entities, but also to have a deep understanding of the biological and molecular mechanisms through which disease states progress.

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 letters issued in the past by third party payers holding your submitted claims, this one will be coming from a government contractor who is being paid on a percentage basis of any recovered billing errors from the past that they can unearth.

Contingency-Based Payment

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.