Missions accomplished?
Let the ACR Help You Improve Your Practice
Today’s rheumatology practices face increasing internal and external pressures. Staffing effectiveness and efficiency, overhead increases, coding and billing issues, litigious employees, conflicts with colleagues, new competition, changing patient attitudes, new revenue constraints, and managed care contracting and compliance are just some of the pressures that constantly push practices to their limits.
The Difficult Patient Interaction in Rheumatology
How to smooth tough patient encounters
Rheum to Learn
The ARHP’s new NP/PA rheumatology training program will provide a boost to the workforce
Collect Co-pays, Deductibles, and Co-insurance Every Time
Do you know how many patients leave physician practices without paying their co-pays? The number is startling, and the cost for rheumatology practices is substantial.
Letters to the Editor
Feedback from our Readers
Fibromyalgia Conundrum
Is scientific holism the answer?
Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) Changes for 2008
CMS has announced alternative reporting periods and reporting criteria for the 2008 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI).
Perils of Pain Meds
Opioid overuse is a dangerous path
Physician, Rate Thyself
Ranking the quality of medical care is much more complex than picking the best Italian restaurant in town