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This webinar series will focus on vital changes impacting your reimbursement in 2024 including a detailed exploration of the new CPT and HCPCS codes, including Category III codes for Tibial Nerve Stimulation, and other changes to codes in the treatment of urinary incontinence. Join the AUGS Coding and Reimbursement Committee for a detailed exploration of the new CPT and HCPCS codes and high-level review of all pertinent billing changes in 2024.
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The role of business in modern medicine is becoming increasingly significant. This course will tackle issues such as the increasing expenses in healthcare, the management of information, the allocation of resources, and the effective delivery of healthcare.
Whether you seek to establish an optimal practice from the start or need help on enhancing your existing practice, this course will provide you valuable insights, information, and recommendations for navigating the complexities of contemporary medicine.
As surgeons, our goal is to deliver exceptional healthcare to our patients. However, frequently we lack the necessary resources or expertise to effectively negotiate the complexities of physician reimbursement, coding, contract negotiations, or practice optimization. The significance of business in contemporary medicine is growing, necessitating a deepening of our understanding in this domain to guarantee our triumph, the triumph of our practice, and the optimal treatment of our patients.
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Learning Objectives: By the end of this course, participants will:
- Comprehend the advantages that advanced practice providers provide to patients and how they enhance the productivity and efficiency of surgical practices.
- Acquire skills to effectively negotiate your salary and clearly express your requirements to a prospective employer.
- Acquire comprehension of the RVU composition and its use in productivity analysis.
- Acquire knowledge about the CMS regulations that dictate coding and payment for outpatient visits. Additionally, learn how to accurately code single and multiple treatments during office, surgical center, or hospital interactions.
- Recognize the challenges to working outside the clinical domain, such as intellectual property, and startup companies.
Designation
AUGS designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 9.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Attendees should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Urogyn for the APP is AUGS' one-of-a-kind course specifically designed for nurse practitioners, nurses, physical therapists, and physician assistants to foster a greater understanding of the current evaluation and management options that exist in Urogynecology today and gain valuable insights on practical applications that can be implemented immediately.
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Learning Objectives:
- Pelvic floor disorders (PFDs): pelvic organ prolapse, bowel and bladder incontinence, constipation and defecatory dysfunction
- Pelvic anatomy and pelvic exam
- Evaluation, treatment
- Pessary fitting and management
- Interpretation of urodynamic testing
- Understanding of surgical procedures
- Patient counseling
- Menopausal management
- Sexual dysfunction management
- Transgender care
- Rectal prolapse diagnosis, evaluation and management
- Recurrent UTI: diagnosis, evaluation and management
- Pelvic pain and pelvic floor dysfunction: diagnosis, evaluation and management
Designation
AUGS designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 11.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Attendees should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Formerly known as "Fundamentals of Urogynecology," this course has undergone a transformation to offer you a thorough exploration of the field. This two-day virtual course led by nationally renowned, highly engaged faculty will provide you with practical, meaningful information you can immediately implement. The goal of this innovative and dynamic course is to provide practicing physicians, subspecialty fellows, gynecologic surgical residents, and all other learners an opportunity to learn where we are and where we are headed in urogynecology based on the evidence.
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Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this meeting, attendees will be able to:
- Discuss updates and current trends in the conservative and surgical management of urinary incontinence and prolapse.
- Describe clinically relevant anatomy and physiology of the pelvis.
- Implement strategies to promote ergonomics in the operating room.
- Discuss the evaluation, initial, and advanced management strategies for pelvic pain syndromes.
- Provide evidence-based diagnosis and management for challenging clinical scenarios such as recurrent vs relapsing UTI, peripartum pelvic floor disorders, and the medical and surgical care of aging urogynecologic patients.
- Identify and diagnose vulvar and colorectal syndromes that may coexist with pelvic floor disorders in a urogynecologic patient population.
- Identify and discuss sampling of urogynecologic population and outcome definitions for research in urogynecology.
- Discuss advancements in technology and application of AI in urogynecology.
Designation
The American Urogynecologic Society designates this live activity for a maximum of 12.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Surgical experts from Urogynecology and Colo-Rectal Surgery come together in one forum to provide expert advice on challenging patient scenarios. Using a case-based, interactive approach, this course is designed to offer practical clinical and surgical pearls for the management of women with complex pelvic floor disorders and complications.
This course aims to impart, through its diverse faculty, clinical acumen that can otherwise take years to accumulate beyond fellowship training. Throughout this on-demand course, participants will be able to join multi-faculty sessions that include panel discussions and debates.
In partnership with Latin American urogynecologists, the course also features sessions that provide perspectives in treatment of POP/UI in Latin America.
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Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this meeting, attendees will be able to:
- Recognize the techniques of native tissue vaginal repair for advanced pelvic organ prolapse (POP).
- Apply methods that are used to manage surgical complications that occur during urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse procedures.
- Explain advanced techniques in laparoscopic and robotic surgery that improve efficiency and outcomes.
- Understand different approaches to the surgical correction of POP that in the past some clinicians would have repaired with transvaginal mesh.
- Identify evidence-based research on synthetic and non-synthetic materials used in the operative management of pelvic floor prolapse and urinary incontinence.
- Describe management strategies for intra- and post-operative complications.
- Recognize the medical and surgical management strategies for colo-rectal disorders including fecal incontinence, rectal prolapse, and obstructive defecation syndromes.
- Identify techniques by which practitioners can diagnose and treat recurrent urinary tract infections, myofascial pelvic and bladder pain syndromes.
- Identify cost-effective strategies for practice building.
Designation
The American Urogynecologic Society designates this live activity for a maximum of 15.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
CME Credit Hours
The American Urogynecologic Society is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.