exenatide SR once-monthly (PT304) / Peptron - LARVOL DELTA

Recognizing Variations in Cleft Lip and Rhinoplasty Billing: A Review of 8,836 Cases (PSTM 2025) - "Cases were categorized into two cohorts: Tip Rhinoplasty Group, where concurrent rhinoplasty (CPT 30460/30462) was billed, and No Tip Rhinoplasty Group, where it was not...Standardized billing guidelines and CPT-RVU model reforms are needed to ensure equitable reimbursement and accurate documentation of craniofacial procedures. Future studies should assess the impact of billing variability on surgeon compensation, institutional reimbursement, and patient access to comprehensive cleft care."

Clinical • Review • Aesthetic Medicine • Anesthesia • Pediatrics

Nationwide Analysis of Cost and Insurance Type Coverage for Primary Rhinoplasty. (PubMed, Aesthetic Plast Surg) - "When compared to other plans where patients may be subjected to the effects of gatekeeping and have limited access to care, majority of patients in the present study had a PPO plan and were freely able to obtain treatment from preferred or out-of-network providers. Given the difference in expenses for out-of-pocket costs between insurance plans, healthcare systems and providers should be more transparent in sharing cost information. To minimize the financial burden placed on patients, providers and policymakers should be aware of the impact of out-of-pocket expenses for patients requiring surgery."

Journal • Reimbursement • US reimbursement • Aesthetic Medicine

Cost Utility Analysis of Costal Cartilage Autografts and Human Cadaveric Allografts in Rhinoplasty. (PubMed, Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol) - "Initial procedure costs include physician fees (CPT 30420), hospital outpatient prospective payments, ambulatory surgical center payments, and fees for the following: rib graft (CPT 20910), hospital observation, and DRG (155) for inpatient admission...Cost of rhinoplasty without hospitalization was similar between HCA and CCA and this cost represents the lower limit of a practical cost for an engineered graft. Considering complications such as need for revision or for admission after CCA due to surgical morbidity, the upper limit of cost for an engineered implant would approximately double."

HEOR • Journal • Aesthetic Medicine • Infectious Disease • Otorhinolaryngology • Respiratory Diseases