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The Rheumatologist: July 2013

Quality Patient Care in Rheumatology a Challenge to Define, Measure

Staff  |  July 1, 2013

Rapid change and increasing costs in healthcare have sparked renewed interest in providing high-quality care, but demonstrating quality is difficult

Rheum2Learn Offers Opportunities for Internal Medicine Housestaff to Learn Rheumatology

Marcy B. Bolster, MD  |  July 1, 2013

Online educational tool can serve as a teaching platform for IM residents on rheumatology rotation and as a training resource

Rheumatologists Have More Money, Less Stress in 2012

Kimberly Retzlaff  |  July 1, 2013

Recent Medscape Physician Lifestyle and Physician Compensation surveys rank rheumatologists in the middle range of physician incomes, and low for career burnout

Letters: Don’t Forget Lyme Disease When Considering Polymyalgia Rheumatica

Alfred Miller, MD and William P. Docken, MD  |  July 1, 2013

Lyme disease may present the identical clinical picture to PMR and must be ruled out

President’s Perspective: Will the Physician Payment Sunshine Act Shed Light on Conflicts of Interest?

Audrey B. Uknis, MD  |  July 1, 2013

What rheumatologists should know about complying with the PPSA when it goes into effect on August 1

Rheuminations: Fraud Casts a Pall on Medical Research

Simon M. Helfgott, MD  |  July 1, 2013

The history, causes, and effects of scientific misconduct and strategies to reduce fraud and plagiarism in clinical medicine

Speak Out Rheum: The First Days of Rheumatology

Charles M. Plotz, MD, MedScD  |  July 1, 2013

How the field has grown and flourished since rheumatology became a word in 1949

Innovative ARHP Program to be Featured at the ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

Afton L. Hassett, PsyD  |  July 1, 2013

Highlights include compelling keynote speakers, an immunology bootcamp and an integrated poster session.

ACR Makes Strides in Practice Management Education

Staff  |  July 1, 2013

Courses by the ACR’s Committee on Rheumatologic Care help rheumatologists stay abreast of changes in practice management, coding and billing regulations

How Rheumatologists Can Connect with Congress during August Recess

Staff  |  July 1, 2013

Tips for scheduling an in-person meeting and issues to discuss with lawmakers at their district offices

Coding Corner Question: July

Staff  |  July 1, 2013

#Test your coding knowledge for subsequent infusions of infliximab

Coding Corner Answer: July Coding Challenge

Staff  |  July 1, 2013

Coding for a patient who gets subsequent infusions of infliximab

Practice Page: CMS Releases Updated Timeline for Meaningful Use

Staff  |  July 1, 2013

New final rule delays Stage 2 and makes changes to Stage 1

Rheumatology Drug Research Should Focus on Particular Groups of Patients

Deborah Levenson  |  July 1, 2013

An analysis of risks and benefits of drugs in specific types of patients will help rheumatologists provide better treatment

California Rheumatology Alliance 2013 Meeting: Rheumatologists Advised to Drop Prednisone Maintenance Therapy in Lupus Patients

Stephanie Cajigal  |  July 1, 2013

A systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) disease expert emphasizes benefits of hydroxychloroquine, burst of steroid treatments

California Rheumatology Alliance 2013 Meeting: Aim for Remission in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Stephanie Cajigal  |  July 1, 2013

Early diagnosis and aggressive treatment of RA is key, expert says

California Rheumatology Alliance 2013 Meeting: The Future of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Stephanie Cajigal  |  July 1, 2013

Treatment for RA should involve targeting subclinical disease and reversing immune dysregulation, expert says

Rheumatology Drug Updates

Michele B. Kaufman, PharmD, BCGP  |  July 1, 2013

Information on new approvals and medication safety that rheumatologists need to know

Tech Talk: Rheumatologists Have Many Options for Providing Patient Education Online

Thomas R. Collins  |  July 1, 2013

Services to provide and maintain patient-education segments of physicians’ websites become more sophisticated

What Rheumatologists Need to Know About the Physician Payment Sunshine Act

Steven M. Harris, Esq.  |  July 1, 2013

The federal act mandates transparency within physician–industry relationship

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