June 20th 2024
This month's Legal Eagle column explores if a dermatologist can be sued for charging a fee for providing medical records in a lawsuit.
June 8th 2024
Evaluating Job Opportunities: Financial Factors to Consider
May 3rd 2022“Given the difference in state taxes, the bottom-line difference for the physician could be in 6 figures—every year! Compounded with even a conservative growth rate, this could mean millions of dollars of difference over a career.”
Qualified and Nonqualified Retirement Plans: Why Many Dermatologists Should Use Both... but Don’t
April 15th 2022“With a traditional QRP [qualified retirement plan], a participant trades today’s tax rates on their contribution for the tax rates in the future, when they withdraw the money from the plan. If rates rise, the QRP might prove not to be a good deal at all.”
Proper Coding Gets Practices What They Are Owed
April 4th 2022A physician’s goal is to care for patients, but a key part of being able to provide that care is the eternal quest for payment. One way to ensure that a practice maximizes its coding regimen is to make sure each session can be efficiently billed.
Survey: Demand for Facial Plastic Surgery Surged In 2021
February 11th 2022The results from the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery annual survey showed an uptick in demand for facial plastic surgery, an increase in popularity for lifts and lasers, and a growing gender neutrality in patients.
Meet the Aesthetics Expert with Dr. Will Kirby: Alexander Zinovy Rivkin, MD
January 31st 2022In this month’s “Meet the Aesthetic Expert” column, Will Kirby, DO, FAOCD, talks with Alexander Zinovy Rivkin, MD, an aesthetic specialist and assistant clinical professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
Meet the Aesthetic Expert with Dr. Will Kirby: Emily Kaye Perbellini, MSN, FNP-C
December 23rd 2021In this month’s “Meet the Aesthetic Expert” column, Will Kirby, DO, FAOCD, talks with Emily Kaye Perbellini, MSN, FNP-Ca, board-certified family nurse practitioner specializing in aesthetic dermatology. They discuss how to avoid burnout, challenging patient populations, and the role allied healthcare professionals in aesthetics.