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Impact of Medicare Billing Changes Varies by Specialty

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—The proposed collapsing of payment amounts for levels 2 to 5 evaluation and management (E/M) services by the U.S. Centers for Medicare… [Read More]

Walmart, Home Depot Adopt Health Insurer Tactic in Drug Copay Battle

NEW YORK (Reuters)—Walmart and Home Depot, two of the top 10 U.S. employers, have embraced a health insurance strategy that punishes drugmakers for using discount… [Read More]

New RheumPAC Chair Zachary Wallace, MD, MSc, Promotes a Louder Voice for Rheumatology

A patient Zachary Wallace, MD, MSc, met during his third year of medical school at Georgetown University helped lead him to his passion for rheumatology…. [Read More]

ACR Honors U.S. Sen. Susan Collins

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) is the recipient of the ACR’s 2018 Award for Public Leadership in Rheumatology. Sen. Collins has championed several pieces of legislation… [Read More]

Beth Jonas: Making a Difference in Training & Workforce Support

Early in her medical school career, Beth Jonas, MD, FACR, was fascinated by the multi-system and chronic nature of rheumatic diseases. The field of rheumatology… [Read More]

What the Election Means for Rheumatology

The 2018 U.S. midterm elections mobilized American voters, bringing more than 100 million people to the polls.1 It also brought the House of Representatives under… [Read More]

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From the Current Issue: October 2018

The Case of a 13-Year-Old Girl with Life-Threatening Lupus Onset

I glanced up from Amanda Wolf’s chart as the emergency department nurse, followed by the lab technician (tech), followed by the electrocardiogram (ECG) tech flowed… [Read More]

The First Step: Pay Equity in Medicine

“Men work harder than women.” My mother is a pediatrician, and I have two sisters—one is a dermatologist, and one is a real estate attorney…. [Read More]

Rheumatology’s Challenges Spawn Opportunity

In our fast-paced world, a great deal can happen in 12 months. Reflecting on this past year and my service as ACR president, I find… [Read More]

Administrators & Payers Have Hijacked Our Medical Records

I attended medical school in the 1960s, when Dr. Lawrence Weed reinvented the medical record to organize and leverage the physician’s patient evaluation for clarity… [Read More]

Down Time at the 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting: What to See & Do in Chicago

With the 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting nearly upon us, the time has come to plan your trip to Chicago. The Annual Meeting is Oct. 19–24… [Read More]

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Simple Tasks

Learn more about the ACR’s public awareness campaign and how you can get involved. Help increase visibility of rheumatic diseases and decrease the number of people left untreated.

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