Max J. Hyman

Development of a Web Application to Calculate the Number and Proportion of Procedures Submitted to Medicare Part B by Advanced Practice Providers

Background The role of advanced practice providers (APPs) in procedural care in the U.S. is growing. However, research comparing outcomes of procedures performed by APPs vs physicians is limited. Objective To develop a free web application for publicly available data which calcul...

Surgeon Characteristics Associated With Average CPT ® 31237 Utilization per Medicare Beneficiary

Background A retrospective cohort study of 69,170 patients who underwent endoscopic sinus surgery between 2015 and 2022 found that 38.7% of the variation in the number of postoperative debridements was explained at the surgeon level. The extent to which postoperative debridements...