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Update on Legislation, Advocacy Efforts to Advance Rheumatology

September 1, 2014 • By Joseph Flood, MD

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Dr. Joseph Flood

Dr. Joseph Flood is a rheumatologist at the Columbus Arthritis Center and adjunct professor of internal medicine in the Division of Rheumatology at The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health, both in Columbus. Contact him at flood@rheumatology.org.

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  1. Get information about the RISE registry by writing to rise@rheumatology.org.
  2. For ICD-10 assistance, send an e-mail to practice@rheumatology.org.
  3. Read the testimony of GAC Chair William F. Harvey, MD, MSc, at http://docs.house.gov/meetings/IF/IF14/20140612/102332/HHRG-113-IF14-Wstate-HarveyW-20140612.pdf.
  4. Learn how U.S. ACR/ARHP members can donate to RheumPAC: http://www.rheumatology.org/Advocacy/Rheumpac/Donate_to_RheumPAC.
  5. Contact the ACR’s advocacy staff at advocacy@rheumatology.org.

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Filed Under: Billing/Coding, Biologics & Biosimilars, Drug Updates, Legislation & Advocacy, Practice Management, President's Perspective, Professional Topics, Quality Assurance/Improvement Tagged With: AC&R, Advocacy, American College of Rheumatology, ARHP, Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals, Billing, Biologics, Biosimilars, Coding, drug, ICD-10, Legislation, Medicare, Practice Management, Research, rheumatologist, SGR, TechnologyIssue: September 2014

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