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What Has the ACR Done for You Lately?

February 1, 2007 • By Dan Fohrman, MD

The world in which we currently practice is not the same one we knew five to 10 years ago. Insurers second-guess our decisions and create numerous hurdles for us to overcome before our patients can be treated. Government agencies are seeking ways to reduce healthcare expenditures and improve what they perceive as a lack of quality and consistency in healthcare delivery. These groups, as well as Congress and employers (who purchase benefits for their employees), have begun a concerted effort to grade rheumatologists on the basis of what they perceive to be quality and efficiency and then pay us according to those criteria.... [Read More]

Filed Under: From the College, Practice Management Tagged With: AC&R, Advocacy, Medicare, Practice Management, rheumatologist

Payments Cut to the Bone

February 1, 2007 • By Norra MacReady

CMS reduces reimbursement for DXA and vertebral fracture assessment... [Read More]

Filed Under: Practice Management Tagged With: Billing, dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry, DXA, Medicare, patient care, Practice Management, Reimbursement

Reading Rheum

January 1, 2007 • By David G. Borenstein, MD;Robyn T. Domsic, MD; Daniel Hal Solomon, MD, MPH

Handpicked Reviews of Contemporary Literature... [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions, Research Reviews, Spondyloarthritis Tagged With: Ankylosing Spondylitis, bone mineral density (BMD), Cancer, herniated disc, lumbar discectomy, lymphoma, Osteoporosis, outcome, Research, Rheumatoid arthritis

Reading RHEUM

November 1, 2006 • By Robyn T. Domsic, MD; Kathleen A. Haines, MD; Daniel H. Solomon, MD, MPH;

Handpicked Reviews of Contemporary Literature... [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions, DMARDs & Immunosuppressives, Drug Updates, Research Reviews, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Systemic Inflammatory Syndromes Tagged With: anti-tumor necrosis factor, Bisphosphonate, Clinical research, dermatomyositis, DMARD, Heart Disease, Hormone Therapye, Juvenile arthritis, juvenile dermatomyositis, Literature, RA, Raloxifen, Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), tumor necrosis factor, vertebral fracture

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