title: The changing face of outpatient bronchoscopy in 2013.
abstract: In 2013, the outpatient hospital payment from Medicare for a transbronchial needle aspiration more than doubled. At the same time, the recently updated American College of Chest Physicians guidelines for the diagnosis and management of lung cancer now recommend needle techniques, such as transbronchial needle aspiration, over surgical staging. The convergence of these two events will accelerate the existing forces of technology and economics that have been influencing both the practices of outpatient bronchoscopy and mediastinoscopy and the management of patients with lung cancer over the past 20 years.
authors: Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Electronic address: scott.manaker@uphs.upenn.edu.
authors: Scott
authors: S
authors: Manaker
authors: Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
authors: Anil
authors: A
authors: Vachani
mesh_terms: D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010045:Outpatients; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology