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Mary Beth Nierengarten

Mary Beth Nierengarten is a writer, editor and journalist with over 25 years of medical communications experience. She is a regular contributor to a number of online and print publications and writes in most clinical areas, as well as on health policy and economic issues. She lives in Minneapolis and can be reached at [email protected].

Articles by Mary Beth Nierengarten

Introducing Daniel F. Battafarano, DO, MACP, MACR, Chair of the ACR’s New Workforce Solutions Steering Committee

January 5, 2023 • By Mary Beth Nierengarten

The new standing committee, devoted to addressing long-term workforce solutions in rheumatology, will be chaired by Daniel F. Battafarano, DO, MACP, MACR. Dr. Battafarano brings more than 35 years of leadership and experience in graduate medical education in rheumatology and internal medicine to the position.... [Read More]

Tuhina Neogi, MD, PhD, Returns to Lead the Committee on Quality of Care

December 12, 2022 • By Mary Beth Nierengarten

Dr. Neogi has returned to the ACR Committee on Quality of Care as its new chair after years of dedicated work developing classification criteria, outcome measures and treatment guidelines for rheumatoid arthritis, gout and other rheumatic diseases.... [Read More]

ACR Convergence: Stronger Than Ever After More Than 8 Decades

July 13, 2022 • By Mary Beth Nierengarten

Like solving sudoku, planning the ACR annual meeting requires an ability to recognize patterns and employ focused logical thinking, all the while remaining undaunted by the various paths possible to complete a grid from what looks like, at initial glance, an incomprehensible labyrinth of options. The patterns in this situation are not numbers, but sessions,… [Read More]

In 2022, Advocacy 101 Returns to Washington, D.C.

June 3, 2022 • By Mary Beth Nierengarten

ACR and ARP members converged on Capitol Hill in May to urge lawmakers to support legislation related to workforce expansion and patient access to care following training sessions presented by ACR staff dedicated to legislative affairs.... [Read More]

The ACR Launches Initiative to Tackle Workforce Shortage

May 12, 2022 • By Mary Beth Nierengarten

The growing rheumatologist workforce shortage has loomed over the profession, threatening to undercut the delivery of care to the increasing number of patients with rheumatic conditions. “The workforce shortage is an existential threat to the field of rheumatology and to the care we deliver to our patients,” says ACR President Kenneth Saag, MD, who lauded… [Read More]

Defining Administration Complexity by the Drug, Not the Diagnosis

January 10, 2022 • By Mary Beth Nierengarten

Enabling rheumatology practices to use complex administration codes for biologic drugs is critical for maintaining patient access to essential therapies.... [Read More]

Supporting Rheumatologic Care for Pediatric Patients

January 10, 2022 • By Mary Beth Nierengarten

As chair of the Pediatric Rheumatology Special Committee, Colleen Correll, MD, MPH, is supporting efforts to increase the pediatric rheumatology workforce as a whole and pediatric rheumatology representation in the ACR.... [Read More]

Management of Inflammatory Myositis: Options for Refractory Disease & New Therapies Discussed

December 2, 2021 • By Mary Beth Nierengarten

Options to escalate treatment for refractory inflammatory myositis and new therapies in the pipeline are discussed.... [Read More]

What Rheumatologists Should Know About Childhood-Onset SLE & Vasculitis

December 2, 2021 • By Mary Beth Nierengarten

ACR CONVERGENCE 2021—Many of the effects of childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE) and vasculitis carry into adulthood and present adult rheumatologists with key differences in managing these patients after their transition from a pediatric to an adult provider. “The young adult with childhood-onset lupus is similar in many ways to adults with lupus, but there… [Read More]

Management of Adults with JIA: Uveitis, MAS & More

December 2, 2021 • By Mary Beth Nierengarten

Mara L. Becker, MD, MSCE, discusses how important it is to effectively treat juvenile idiopathic arthritis at an early stage to improve long-term outcomes in adulthood.... [Read More]

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