How Urology Clinics of North Texas Is Overcoming Payment Challenges
June 21st 2017As manufacturers charge increasingly higher prices for new therapies and even well-established agents, payers have responded with pressure on practices to justify every cost, and Urology Clinics of North Texas, like many other independent practices, is caught in the middle.
Recent Patterns Indicate PSA Testing Halt in Decline
June 20th 2017A recent nationally representative study published in JAMA Internal Medicine found that previously reported declines in prostate-specific antigen testing have not continued in recent years, and that approximately one-third of men age 50 years or older still receive routine PSA tests.
Deeper Understanding Leading to Better Care for Patients With Prostate Cancer
June 17th 2017Although the past few months have seen several androgen receptor resistance, and described drug approvals for bladder cancer therapies, a wealth of research also is moving the field of prostate cancer forward, since gaining a better understanding of the disease is the best way to find out how to optimally treat—and perhaps ultimately cure—prostate cancer.