C001 Navigating Practice Management in Dermatology: Insights and Innovations
DESCRIPTION
This course will give participants increased perspective into a wide variety of topics applicable to practice management within dermatology. Key topics include coding and insurer updates, burnout and how to cope, how to approach regulatory updates affecting dermatology, utilizing technology for a more efficient practice, and managing staff. Participants will also have the opportunity to pose their own practice management questions to the expert panel.
This activity has been approved by the American Board of Dermatology (ABD) for up to 40 Continuous Certification Program (CCP) Component 2 Self-Assessment points. For more information about CCP, please visit the ABD website at www.abderm.org.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Appropriately utilize modifiers and updates in procedural coding, as well as recognize how insurers are approaching these topics.
Incorporate technological advancements into a practice to reduce administrative burden and develop best practices for managing staff.
Identify regulatory updates affecting the practice of dermatology, as well as how to prepare for them.
SCHEDULE
1:00 PM
Introduction
George Han, MD, PhD, FAAD
1:05 PM
How to Negotiate with Private Payers
Howard Wooding Rogers, MD, PhD, FAAD
1:35 PM
Burnout
Elizabeth A. Swanson, MD, FAAD
2:05 PM
Technologic Innovations in Dermatology
Daniel M. Siegel, MS, MD, FAAD
2:35 PM
Managing Staff and Making a More Inclusive Practice
Lauren Claire Hollins, MD, FAAD
3:05 PM
Regulatory Issues
Melissa Piliang, MD, FAAD
3:35 PM
Coding Updates
Alexandra Flamm, MD, FAAD, Faith McNicholas
4:35 PM
Q&A
DIRECTOR
George Han, MD, PhD, FAAD
CO-DIRECTOR
Alexandra Flamm, MD, FAAD
SPEAKERS
Lauren Claire Hollins, MD, FAAD
Penn State Hershey Medical Center
Faith McNicholas
American Academy of Dermatology Association
Melissa Piliang, MD, FAAD
Howard Wooding Rogers, MD, PhD, FAAD
Daniel M. Siegel, MS, MD, FAAD
Downstate University Medical Center
Elizabeth A. Swanson, MD, FAAD
Ada West Dermatology and St Luke's Children's Hospital
HANDOUTS
DISCLOSURES
Alexandra Flamm, MD, FAAD
No financial relationships exist with ineligible companies.
George Han, MD, PhD, FAAD
Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc. – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Alumis – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Avillion – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Boehringer Ingelheim – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Bristol-Myers Squibb – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Eli Lilly and Company – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); First Tracks Biotherapeutics – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Incyte – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Incyte Corporation – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding), Speaker(Honoraria); LearnHealth/LearnSkin – Speaker/Faculty Education(Honoraria); Leo Pharma – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Ortho Dermatologics – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Pfizer Inc. – Speaker(Honoraria); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding), Speaker(Honoraria); Sanofi – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Sanofi Genzyme – Speaker(Honoraria); Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. – Speaker(Honoraria); Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA Inc – Advisory Board(Honoraria); UCB – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Speaker(Honoraria);
Lauren Claire Hollins, MD, FAAD
Arcutis Biotherapeutics – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Eli Lilly – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Elsevier Inc. – Other(Fees); Olaplex – Advisory Board(Fees); Pennsylvania Dermatology Physican Assistants – Speaker(Honoraria); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. – Speaker(Fees); Sanofi Speaker Programs – Speaker(Fees);
Faith McNicholas
No financial relationships exist with ineligible companies.
Melissa Piliang, MD, FAAD
AbbVie – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Investigator(No Compensation Received); Eli Lilly and Company – Investigator(No Compensation Received), Speaker(Honoraria); Pfizer Inc. – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Investigator(No Compensation Received), Speaker(Honoraria); Procter & Gamble Company – Consultant(Honoraria); Sanofi – Investigator(No Compensation Received);
Howard Wooding Rogers, MD, PhD, FAAD
Biofrontera AG – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees);
Daniel M. Siegel, MS, MD, FAAD
Biofrontera AG – Stockholder(Stock); Caliber Imaging and Diagnostics Inc. – Board of Directors(Stock); DermaSensor Inc – Consultant(Honoraria); DermTech Inc. – Advisory Board(No Compensation Received); Elsevier Inc. – Other(Patent royalties or other compensation for Intellectual Property Rights); Feldan Therapeutics – Consultant(Fees); Greenway Therapeutix – Advisory Board(No Compensation Received), Stockholder(Stock); Lazarus Enterprises Inc. – Consultant(Stock Options); Logical Images – Consultant(Stock Options); MycoMedica Life Sciences – Advisory Board(No Compensation Received); Novascan – Advisory Board(No Compensation Received), Stockholder(No Compensation Received); Omnilux – Advisory Board(Equipment); Or-Genix, Therapeutics – Board of Directors(Stock Options), Stockholder(No Compensation Received); Plasmend – Stockholder(No Compensation Received); Pulse Biosciences – Consultant(Fees); RBC Consultants – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria); Regeneron – Speaker(Honoraria); Seaspire Skincare – Consultant(Stock Options); SkinVision – Advisory Board(Stock Options); SkinVision BV – Advisory Board(No Compensation Received); SPC Dermatology – Employee(Salary); Strata Skin Sciences – Consultant(Fees); Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA Inc – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Tetros Group – Advisory Board(No Compensation Received), Stockholder(No Compensation Received); Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc – Consultant(Fees);
Elizabeth A. Swanson, MD, FAAD
AbbVie – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding), Speaker(Honoraria); Acrotech Biopharma Inc – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria); Almirall – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Alphyn Biologics – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Arcutis Biotherapeutics – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Arcutis, Inc. – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Speaker(Honoraria); Boehringer Ingelheim – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Castle Biosciences – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Chiesi Farmaceutici – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Eli Lilly and Company – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Speaker(Honoraria); Galderma – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Speaker(Honoraria); Incyte – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Incyte Corporation – Speaker(Honoraria); Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Speaker(Honoraria); Leo Pharma Inc – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Organon – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding), Speaker(Honoraria); Palvella Therapeutics – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria); Pelthos Therapeutics – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Speaker(Honoraria); Pfizer Inc. – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding), Speaker(Honoraria); Sanofi/Regeneron – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Speaker(Honoraria); Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Speaker(Honoraria);