Persistent Challenges Sometimes the challenges seem neverending. In addition to the rigors of our daily lives as rheumatology health professionals—growing administrative burdens, increasing pressures to fund research and achieve balance in family and personal lives—we face a growing number of challenges related to the rapidly escalating prices of rheumatology treatments. Even more unfortunately, these costs…
Recognizing Physician Burnout, & Tips to Fight It
4 Patients in 4 Weeks Baltimore is a little over two hours away from Richmond, Va., by car. I know this now because I recently drove to Richmond to attend a memorial service. I drove in silence. Music made me sleepy, and I could not bear to listen to another iteration of how we are…
Patients Have No More Skin to Give: Dr. William Harvey Testifies on Rheumatology Issues before Senate Committee
Prior authorization treatment delays, the preferred status conferred on some drugs by pharmacy benefit managers and exorbitant co-payments were among the issues brought before the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging on Wednesday, Feb. 7. William F. Harvey, MD, MSc, FACR, a practicing rheumatologist at Tufts Medical Center in Boston and volunteer on the ACR…
ACR’s 2017 Advocacy Successes
In the ever-changing healthcare delivery landscape, the ACR continues to go to work on behalf of its members to ensure public policies encourage delivery of high-quality rheumatology care and treatment. With stepped-up efforts to meet with federal administrative and Congressional representatives, and broadened coalitions of partners to strengthen advocacy for key issues important to the…
Build Better Leaders: The 2018 ACR/ARHP Leadership Conference Focused on Practical Tips for Guiding Committees, Meetings & Conference Calls
Effective volunteer leaders inspire their committees, and together, they accomplish ambitious goals to ensure the future of rheumatology. Expert consultants shared tips and tools for effective leadership at this year’s ACR/ARHP Leadership Conference, held Jan. 22 in Atlanta. “We view your role in the ACR as volunteers to be critical, not only for the success…
U.S. Healthcare Spending to Climb 5.3 Percent in 2018
WASHINGTON (Reuters)—United States health spending is projected to rise 5.3% in 2018, reflecting rising prices of medical goods and services and higher Medicaid costs, a U.S. government health agency said on Wednesday, an upward trend it forecasts for the next decade. The increase represents a sharp uptick from 2017 spending, which the U.S. Centers for…
Arthritis Crisis: It’s Time to Act
Funding drives arthritis research breakthroughs and prevention programs, and advocates from the ACR, Arthritis Foundation and the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) pitched funding increases to lawmakers at a lunchtime briefing held Feb. 1 in Washington, D.C., in cooperation with the Congressional Arthritis Caucus. During the briefing, titled $300 Billion Crisis: The High Cost…
ACGME Milestones Debated at ACR: Does the Milestones System Ask too many Questions?
Milestones are at the core of the current system designed to evaluate medical residency and fellowship programs and their participants. But are all milestones meaningful for medical education? This idea was at the center of a debate during the 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting, during which speakers explored the advantages and drawbacks of using training milestones for rheumatology fellowships…
ACR in Action: A Look at ACR Activities That Support Your Practice
Rheumatologists working in every practice setting face a number of challenges that can seem insurmountable. How do you cost-effectively manage administrative burdens? How do you establish an efficient and effective approach to capturing quality metrics? How do you maintain the critical elements of the care you provide, such as diagnostic musculoskeletal ultrasound and patient access…
RISE Readiness for MIPS in 2018
In 2018, all providers will have to submit an entire year’s worth of their quality measure data to the CMS. After 2017, the transition year, the requirements and performance thresholds begin to increase. The CMS is still heavily incentivizing participation in a Qualified Clinical Data Registry (QCDR), such as the RISE registry, for reporting in…
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