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Search results for: Rheumatologists advance issues through advocacy

Capitol Hill Rheumatology Advocacy Goes Virtual

Carina Stanton  |  May 11, 2020

ACR volunteer leaders and staff will convene more than 100 meetings via teleconference with Congressional leaders on May 22, addressing rheumatology provider solvency and patient access to care amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

Filed under:American College of RheumatologyLegislation & Advocacy Tagged with:Blair SolowCapitol Hill fly-inDan RedingerJessica FarrellLegislation & AdvocacyLennie ShewmakerVirtual Hill Day

Are Your Patients at Risk? Advocacy Matters

Kimberly Retzlaff  |  February 6, 2020

When insurance company practices put patients at risk, advocacy is an important tool physicians can use to make a real difference. You can make a difference.

Filed under:InsuranceLegislation & Advocacy Tagged with:ACR Insurance Subcommittee (ISC)AdvocacyBrian LogginsChris MorrisDr. Chris PhillipsGovernment Affairs Committee (GAC)Norman B. Gaylis

Making Rheumatologists’ Voices Count: A Conversation with Blair Solow, MD, Incoming Government Affairs Committee Chair

Vanessa Caceres  |  November 7, 2019

With multiple healthcare policy issues currently in play, Dr. Solow believes making rheumatologists’ voices heard is crucial to the specialty’s success.

Filed under:Legislation & Advocacy Tagged with:AdvocacyAdvocacy 101Blair SolowGovernment Affairs Committee (GAC)Legislation

Practice & Society Donations Advance Advocacy Efforts for Rheumatologists & Patients

Carina Stanton  |  October 3, 2019

A new RheumPAC fund, which supports awareness and operations of the ACR’s political action committee, has exceeded an initial goal of $20,000 by two times in its first year.

Filed under:Legislation & Advocacy Tagged with:Dr. Harry GewanterHerbert BarafKent “Kwas” HustonRheumPACRheumPAC Advocacy Fund

ACR’s Delegation to the AMA: How We Can Continue to Advance Rheumatology

Gary Bryant, MD, FACR  |  July 17, 2019

The House of Delegates (HOD) is the policy-making body of the American Medical Association (AMA), and twice a year, representatives of all seated specialties, service societies and state medical associations review hundreds of resolutions to determine which will become AMA policies. Once those policies and priorities are determined or updated, we benefit from the AMA…

Filed under:Legislation & Advocacy Tagged with:AMA House of Delegates (HOD)American Medical Association (AMA)prior authorizationstep therapy

Advocacy Leads to Legislator Access

Paula Marchetta, MD, MBA  |  June 17, 2019

We have often heard it said that opportunity arises from challenges. Challenge, of course, is really just a polite way of saying problem—and for our patients, problems abound when it comes to obtaining timely and affordable access to the rheumatologic care they need. Access in this context has many meanings: There is access to life-changing…

Filed under:Legislation & AdvocacyPresident's Perspective Tagged with:Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)E/M codesRheumPAC

Year in Review: The Impact of Advocacy & RheumPAC in 2018

From the College  |  December 16, 2018

In 2018, did you interact with the Medicare payment system, receive payment for a consultation code or worry about the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS) reducing reimbursement through its proposal to combine evaluation and management codes in the Physician Fee Schedule? If your answer to any of those questions is yes, then you…

Filed under:From the College Tagged with:AdvocacyCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)LegislationRheumPAC

A Rheumatology Fellow Shares Her Journey to Capitol Hill via the ACR’s Advocacy 101 Program

Courtney B. Crayne, MD   |  November 18, 2018

In summer 2017, I was a few months post-partum when I received an email announcing applications for the ACR’s Advocacy 101 program. It would take only a few days, but I asked my division director if it would be worth the time commitment. He questioned the career benefits of advocacy, but encouraged me to apply…

Filed under:Legislation & Advocacy Tagged with:Legislation & Advocacy

Make Advocacy a Healthy Habit: A Conversation with Christina Downey, MD

Carina Stanton  |  April 4, 2018

While growing up in California’s capital city, Sacramento, Christina Downey, MD, learned early on that it’s important to speak up for what’s important to her. When she completed her fellowship and joined the ACR in 2015, she found her way to the ACR’s Advocacy 101 program, which trains rheumatologists to become advocates in Washington, D.C.,…

Filed under:Profiles Tagged with:Christina DowneyGovernment Affairs Committee (GAC)

Year in Review: The ACR/ARHP/RheumPAC’s Advocacy Efforts in 2017

From the College  |  January 19, 2018

In 2017, did you interact with the Medicare payment system, receive payment for a consultation code or worry about the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reducing reimbursement through its proposed Part B Demonstration Project? If your answer to any of those questions is yes, then you directly benefited from the ACR/ARHP’s advocacy efforts….

Filed under:From the CollegePresident's PerspectiveProfessional Topics Tagged with:AC&RAdvocacyAmerican College of Rheumatology (ACR)Association of Rheumatology Professionals (ARP)LegislationRheumPAC

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