Challenges Rheumatologists Will Face in 2017

One Takeaway: Get Involved
Along with updating members on the significant challenges facing rheumatology on these legislative and regulatory fronts, the session is also aimed at giving members a sense of the importance of getting involved in advocacy work on rheumatology issues, says Adam Cooper, senior director, ACR Government Affairs.

“We’d also like members to come away personally motivated to work with their colleagues in advocacy to address these challenges,” he says. “We have made progress, but we continue to face these challenges to practices, to patient access to care and to treatments.”

Mary Beth Nierengarten is a freelance medical journalist based in Minneapolis.

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