Opinion
- Author:
- Brett M. Coldiron, MD
Publish date: August 17, 2018
When sitting through interminable meetings, endless reports, and unfocused discussions, I often feel a building pressure in my head th...
Opinion
- Author:
- Brett M. Coldiron, MD
Publish date: July 18, 2018
I understood I could meekly go along - or get angry. I chose the latter, and it has greatly changed my career.
Opinion
- Author:
- Brett M. Coldiron, MD
Publish date: June 22, 2018
Having a PAC gains you access and lets you be heard. In today's noisy world, it is not easy to get your congressional representative's attention.
Opinion
- Author:
- Brett M. Coldiron, MD
Publish date: May 22, 2018
A recently published study that found PAs performed 36% more skin biopsies per melanoma in situ diagnosed argues for closer collaboration to ensure...
News
- Author:
- Brett M. Coldiron, MD
Publish date: April 10, 2018
I still read and hear media reports about the health benefits of tanning.
News
- Author:
- Brett M. Coldiron, MD
Publish date: March 15, 2018
When I was a kid, there used to be a radio show by Paul Harvey called “The Rest of the Story.” I loved this show because there was always a big bac...
Opinion
- Author:
- Brett M. Coldiron, MD
Publish date: February 12, 2018
I was among the dermatologists sitting in a lecture hall during a meeting in Maui when our muted smartphones suddenly started howling in unison.
Opinion
- Author:
- Brett M. Coldiron, MD
Publish date: January 22, 2018
If completion node dissection does not save lives, why do a sentinel node biopsy?
Opinion
- Author:
- Brett M. Coldiron, MD
Publish date: December 15, 2017
A New York Times analysis found that independent billing by PAs or NPs accounted for more than 15% of the skin biopsies billed to Medicare in 2015....
Opinion
- Author:
- Brett M. Coldiron, MD
Publish date: November 17, 2017
The basic plan of these groups is to pay you 5-8 times EBITDA up front, which works out to be about 2 or 3 years net profits.
Opinion
- Author:
- Brett M. Coldiron, MD
Publish date: October 25, 2017
While several states have passed anti-MOC legislation, not all are as comprehensive as the proposal in Ohio.
Opinion
- Author:
- Brett M. Coldiron, MD
Publish date: September 20, 2017
There are advantages – and obvious disadvantages – to selling your dermatology practice to a large firm, Dr. Coldiron says.
Opinion
- Author:
- Brett M. Coldiron, MD
Publish date: August 16, 2017
It’s time to oppose insurers who halve E&M reimbursement when it’s performed on the same day as a procedure.
Opinion
- Author:
- Brett M. Coldiron, MD
Publish date: July 18, 2017
It’s time for dermatologists in nine states to start submitting CPT code 99024 for each postoperative visit.
Opinion
- Author:
- Brett M. Coldiron, MD
Publish date: June 19, 2017
It’s time to convince legislators that physicians’ offices should be excluded from the USP and FDA definitions of compounding.
