Your practice can save time and money
As part of its Administrative Simplification Rule, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) established standards to streamline communications be…
Food allergy: fact versus fiction
Food allergy has always been a hot topic for both allergists and patients. It’s a highly life-altering allergy to live with, so naturally patients have a lot o…
Biology of anticytokine drugs and challenges of treating pediatric asthma
We are excited about the contents of our April issue of the Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. This issue has multiple articles that provide the practic…
Victory for allergy and asthma advocates
In a victory for all allergy and asthma advocates, a San Antonio jury returned a unanimous verdict in favor of Allergy & Asthma Network in a federal antitr…
From the desk of the EMD: Goodbye Tom; hello Tom
With the conclusion of the Academy/WAO meeting in Orlando last month, there was the passing of the guard in the executive vice president (EVP) position of AAAA…
A new generation of leaders
Recently, 21 future leaders gathered in Chicago for the College Leadership Summit – a day and a half intensive course on interpersonal skills, advocacy, …
Billing for venom testing and immunotherapy
As we noted in last week’s Insider, there continues to be concerns about pricing and adequate availability of venoms for testing and treatment. We also u…
Common food allergy questions answered and childhood asthma risk
I hope you have had a productive March and that Annals has in some way contributed to your productivity. I want to be certain that you are aware of two of the …
An old tool takes on new meaning
We’re all familiar with the classic wooden yardstick, a tool you always want to have around. What exactly do wooden rulers have to do with medicine? Yardsticks…
Top 10 reasons to have your practice manager join the College
Is your practice manager a College member? If not, you’re probably not taking advantage of everything the College has to offer. Take your practice to the next …
