The Review Course at ACR Convergence 2025 provided a comprehensive update for practitioners. Highlights from the sections on cutaneous manifestations of rheumatic diseases, gout, macrophage activation syndrome and vasculitis.
The ACR has expert guidance for states applying for the Rural Health Transformation Program, including recommendations on policies designed to improve healthcare delivery, strengthen the workforce and ensure patient access to rheumatology care.
The 2026 Community Practice Innovation Award supports projects that enhance care delivery, improve outcomes and address real-world challenges in rheumatology.
The American College of Rheumatology and Wiley are happy to announce that The Rheumatologist has received two APEX Awards of Excellence this year for content published in 2024. Rheuminations, the monthly editorial written by Physician Editor Bharat Kumar, MD, MME, FACP, FAAAAI, RhMSUS, was honored with an Award of Excellence for Writing, Regular Departments &…
Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it is implementing a new prior authorization model called the Wasteful and Inappropriate Services Reduction (WISeR) Model. This six-year model, starting on Jan. 1, 2026, aims to reduce fraud, waste and abuse in traditional Medicare by using technology-enabled processes for prior authorization and…
An ACR-led resolution that calls for the protection of NIH funding and the ability to negotiate indirect costs will become AMA policy, along with several other resolutions supported by the ACR.
Registration is now open for the first-ever Practice Innovation Summit, which will dive into operational and financial strategies to grow and sustain private and community-based practices.
On May 6, more than 100 members of the rheumatology community participated in 118 meetings with lawmakers from 26 states—urging members of Congress to sustain research funding, address cuts and stabilize Medicare reimbursement, enact pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) reforms and protect Medicaid funding. See photos and stories from the event.