Referring patients

Dermatology Times;  April 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Is Mohs surgery being utilized appropriately? A colleague...nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC) for Mohs surgery. Admittedly, I was not unbiased in...fellowship-trained Mohs surgeon and practice Mohs surgery on an almost daily basis to generate...

Consider all angles before advising Mohs surgery.(Dermatologic Surgery)

Skin & Allergy News;  July 1, 2005 ;     581 words ...SAN DIEGO -- If you recommend Mohs surgery for a melanoma patient, remember that...proficiency in the technical details of Mohs surgery is the ability to properly evaluate...He said dermatologists can consider Mohs surgery for melanoma when: * The adequate surgical...

Mohs' surgery can be cost-effective choice

Dermatology Times;  May 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......Francisco - Use of Mohs' surgery for treatment...addition, he said, Mohs' surgery is associated...excision techniques, Mohs' surgery generates smaller...comparisons of Mohs' surgery and other surgical...the code for Mohs' surgery, such as for...the codes ...

Mohs surgery best for ears, nose, and digits.(Cutaneous Oncology)

Skin & Allergy News;  March 1, 2008 ;     427 words ......Clinic. That's why there's a place for Mohs surgery in the treatment of melanoma. Mohs for...there are times when you simply need Mohs surgery to be able to treat the primary melanoma...ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] He described Mohs surgery as the best method we have to establish...

Getting Mohs in the media

Dermatology Times;  October 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......the right approach, skin cancers and Mohs surgery can experience the same visibility...has done a sadly poor job of covering Mohs surgery for skin cancer, media advocacy by dermatologists...standpoint, increased visibility about Mohs surgery - what it is and when people might need...

Ever-shrinking margins

Dermatology Times;  September 1, 2003 ;     609 words ...Mohs surgery limited but valuable in managing melanoma San Francisco - The option of Mohs surgery plays a limited but valuable role in the...lesions" that would be left untreated by Mohs surgery. "This was the rationale for using wide...

Should only fellowship-trained dermatologic surgeons perform Mohs'...

Skin & Allergy News;  May 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......general surgeons. The argument that Mohs' surgery is not as complex or complicated as...recognize the fact that more experience with Mohs' surgery is gained through a fellowship than...preceptorship. The American Society of Mohs Surgery preceptorship is designed as a 3-week...

Beyond conventional melanoma Tx

Dermatology Times;  July 1, 2003 ;     581 words ...Mohs surgery for melanoma: an idea whose time has...melanoma, dermatologists should consider Mohs surgery as a tool in the armamentarium, according...because of the high recurrence rate, Mohs surgery may have some tissue-sparing advantages...

Use Mohs surgery selectively for invasive skin ca.(Dermatologic Surgery)

Skin & Allergy News;  June 1, 2005 ;     524 words ......to frozen section are candidates for Mohs surgery, Neil A. Swanson, M.D., said at a clinical...incompletely excised would be treated with Mohs surgery, which Dr. Swanson described as the...in certain facial areas. * Histology. Mohs surgery would be indicated for morpheaform...

Experience is key to tackling tough Mohs cases: collaboration with other...

Skin & Allergy News;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......challenging than others when it comes to Mohs surgery: the nose, ears, and eyelids, as well as...meeting sponsored by the American Society of Mohs Surgery. To tackle the tough Mohs surgery cases, physicians need a lot of experience...

Cutting Mohs payments

Dermatology Times;  May 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......by half Medicare reimbursements for Mohs surgery procedures -an issue that continues...cut by half reimbursements for some Mohs surgery procedures. Some dermatologists say...reduced Medicare reimbursements for Mohs surgery, which has become the gold standard...

Act now to stop Mohs pay change, surgeons push.(News)

Skin & Allergy News;  June 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......and Medicaid Services propose to make Mohs surgery CPT codes not exempt from the multiple...annual meeting of the American College of Mohs Surgery. He estimated that the loss of the exemption...attempts by CMS to change the CPT codes for Mohs surgery and the relative-value units that ...

Making most of Mohs

Dermatology Times;  March 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......cases Oklahoma City - The key to using Mohs surgery successfully is to know its indications...another technique may be more appropriate. Mohs surgery, Dr. Garcia said, is particularly useful...melanoma and Merkel cell carcinoma with Mohs surgery is more controversial, he said, "due...

Mohs surgery cost-benefit analysis

Dermatology Times;  February 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......effective, expensive Boulogne, France - Mohs surgery is a surgical treatment method that...are not inexpensive. The cure rates of Mohs surgery approach 99 percent for most primary...become more of an issue. In France, Mohs surgery is done only in very difficult tumors...

Assessing patients for Mohs surgery is both an art and a...

Skin & Allergy News;  February 1, 2006 ;     597 words ......DIEGO -- The decision for or against Mohs surgery must be based on a combination of criteria...sponsored by the American Society for Mohs Surgery. Recurrent basal cell or squamous cell...are among the strongest indicators for Mohs surgery, said Dr. Shipman of the University...