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2021 Coding Changes: trimming note bloat

The Dermatology Digest

Kaufmann, MD Sweeping changes to evaluation and management (E/M) coding for 2021 will simplify billing-related documentation for dermatologists while likely delivering unintended side effects for payers. 1 The revisions in this table went into effect on January 1, 2021. Copyright 2019 American Medical Association.

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COVID-19 Lockdowns Caused Major Delays in Melanoma Diagnoses, Costing Billions

The Dermatology Digest

The analysis was based on information from 50,072 patients at two cancer treatment centres in Switzerland and Italy and supported by further data from the UK and Belgium. The research team then estimated the additional medical costs.

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Dr Peter McCullough Protocol: Hydroxychloroquine and Home Treatment for COVID-19 (2023)

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He also has a master's degree in public health and is known for being one of the top five most-published medical researchers in the United States and is the editor of two medical journals. He's an internist, cardiologist, epidemiologist, a full professor of medicine at Texas A&M College of Medicine in Dallas.

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New Study Quantifies High Costs Incurred by Vitiligo Patients

The Dermatology Digest

For this retrospective cohort analysis, the Merative MarketScan Commercial Database, healthcare costs, and health care resource utilization (HCRU) were evaluated for 49,512 patients with vitiligo compared to 99,024 people without vitiligo in the US between January 2007 and December 2021. medical equipment and home healthcare).

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Medical Marijuana for Chronic Itch

The Dermatology Digest

With Shawn Kwatra, MD Dr. Shawn Kwatra discussed using medical marijuana as an adjunctive treatment for chronic itch, detailed a specific case, and called for more research. In Maryland, medical marijuana is an option… so we gave a prescription and the patient went to a dispensary.” For us that was a really significant finding.”

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And Then There Were Six…FDA Green Lights Hugel’s Toxin for Glabellar Lines

The Dermatology Digest

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given its nod to Letybo (foletibotulinumtoxinA) for the treatment of moderate-to-severe glabellar lines in adults. Hugel plans to accelerate its transition for approved medical use with the goal of launching to aesthetic clinicians in the second half of 2024. .” and Europe. .”

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Increasing Rate of Medical Mistakes and Misdiagnosis

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Medical errors remain a leading cause of death in the U.S., 2 Describing diagnostic errors as "the most under-resourced public health crisis we face," researchers with Johns Hopkins School of Medicine said the public is largely unaware of the full scope of medical misdiagnoses in the U.S. 6 For instance, only about 1.5%

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