Rheumatologists should expect at least one more time-stamped extension to the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula before Congress makes any lasting changes to it. At issue is the future of rheumatologists’ Medicare payments, including the federal Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s (MedPAC) recommendation from last year to scrap the formula, reduce payments for specialist services by 5.9% for each of three years, and then freeze them for seven more years, and the 27.4% SGR cut that has been repeatedly delayed by extensions.
Epidemiologist Discusses Osteoarthritis Among Various Countries and Ethnic Groups
David T. Felson, MD, MPH, discusses his Beijing study that compared knee, hip, and hand osteoarthritis among Chinese to Caucasians in the Framingham study and the UCSF Study of Osteoporotic Fractures.
Unexpected Benefits of Bisphosphonates after Hip Fracture
Recent trials show this bisphosphonates can reduce subsequent hip fractures and mortality, while remaining cost effective.
Challenges and Rewards of a Physician Executive Career
The job of a physician executive offers a different set of challenges for rheumatologists familiar with research and patient care.
New Diagnostic Criteria for Axial Spondylarthritis
New name and classification criteria for ankylosing spondylitis may help with earlier diagnosis and treatment.
Pointers for Rheumatologists Considering AMA Membership
Join the AMA. Don’t join because you agree with everything the AMA does. Join so we, as rheumatologists, will continue to have a voice and make a difference.
Dermatology Case Review
A 64-year-old man with history of type-II diabetes (well controlled on sitagliptin/metformin), hypertension, and dyslipidemia presents with complaints of an increasingly painful left lower-extremity lesion present for two to three months.
Dermatology Case Answer
A 64-year-old man with history of type-II diabetes (well controlled on sitagliptin/metformin), hypertension, and dyslipidemia presents with complaints of an increasingly painful left lower-extremity lesion present for two to three months.
A Comparison of the Canadian and U.S. Healthcare Systems
The joys and the hazards of the Canadian single-payer universal healthcare program Canadian and the high-capacity and costly U.S. healthcare system.
A Patient’s Perspective on RA
I was diagnosed in April 2010, at 44 years old, with seropositive RA; the disease rapidly turned my life upside down.
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