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Better Education on Gout

Mary Beth Nierengarten  |  November 22, 2024

Experts addressed how education and follow-up for patients with gout can improve disease management and highlighted the need for a better construction of gout remission.

Filed under:ACR ConvergenceConditionsGout and Crystalline ArthritisMeeting Reports Tagged with:ACR Convergence 2024ACR Convergence 2024 goutadherenceFollow-UpGoutpatient educationRemissionserum urate levels

Tackling the Rheumatology Workforce Shortage

Keri Losavio  |  November 17, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The workforce shortage in rheumatology is a looming crisis that demands immediate attention. The ACR’s 2015 Workforce Study projected that by 2030, the supply of adult rheumatologists would dwindle by 31%, in contrast to the increase in demand by close to 138%.1 The situation is even worse for pediatric rheumatology and in rural and…

Filed under:ACR ConvergenceCareerGuidanceMeeting ReportsWorkforce Tagged with:ACR Convergence 2024Workforceworkforce shortage

Unless Congress Acts, Medicare Reimbursement Will Remain Flat or Drop in 2025

From the College  |  November 12, 2024

The 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule, released Nov. 1, includes a conversion factor of $32.3465, a 2.83% drop from 2024. In response to advocacy efforts from the ACR and other medical societies, Congress recently introduced the Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2024, which would eliminate the 2.83% payment cut and provide an inflationary update for 2025 equal to 50% of the Medicare Economic Index.

Filed under:Billing/CodingLegislation & Advocacy Tagged with:ACR advocacyMedicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS)Medicare Reimbursement

2024 Election Summary, Outlook for the Lame Duck Session & the New Congress

From the College  |  November 12, 2024

With a likely Republican majority in the House and Senate and a Republican president, there may be a sense that the party has a mandate to lead initiatives and enact significant policy changes. Any end-of-year legislative package will be narrower than initially expected, but the ACR’s top priority remains addressing cuts to physician reimbursements.

Filed under:From the CollegeLegislation & Advocacy Tagged with:federal administrationfederal policy

Interim AMA House of Delegates Meeting Will Discuss Rheumatology Priorities

From the College  |  October 20, 2024

At the November meeting, the ACR will advance a resolution that addresses increasing access to telemedicine services for Medicare beneficiaries.

Filed under:American College of RheumatologyLegislation & Advocacy Tagged with:ACR advocacyAMA House of Delegates (HOD)

Take Action on Medicare Payment, Telehealth

From the College  |  October 6, 2024

Medicare physician reimbursement and extension of telehealth flexibilities are two of the ACR’s top legislative priorities as Congress approaches the lame duck session. With physicians facing a 2.8% cut under the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule and telehealth flexibilities set to expire at the end of this year, Congress must hear from the…

Filed under:Legislation & Advocacy Tagged with:ACR advocacy

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In the Wake of Hurricanes Helene & Milton: Lessons Learned

Susan Bernstein  |  October 4, 2024

Editor’s note: As states prepare for Hurricane Milton, at least 223 people have died and hundreds are still unaccounted for in the destruction wrought by Hurricane Helene on Sept. 26. North and South Carolina, as well as Tennessee, were hard hit, and the U.S. medical system is being tested. Headlines include: “Helene Nearly Turned a…

Filed under:EMRsFacilityPractice Support Tagged with:Disaster preparationNatural disaster

Don’t Be Afraid to Engage: Health Technologies for Patients & Rheumatologists

Jason Liebowitz, MD, FACR  |  September 24, 2024

Symptom checkers, telehealth and more—here are insights into the effects new technologies are having on rheumatology.

Filed under:Meeting ReportsPractice SupportTechnology Tagged with:APLARAPLAR 2024appsAsia Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology (APLAR)Personalized medicineTechnologytelehealthtelemedicine

Congressional Action Needed to Maintain Medicare’s Extended Telehealth Services

From the College  |  September 10, 2024

Medicare’s extended telehealth services will expire at the end of the year unless Congress acts to continue them. Make sure your legislators know how a failure to act will harm patient access to care.

Filed under:Legislation & Advocacy Tagged with:ACR advocacytelehealth

Ellen M. Gravallese, MD, Now an APLAR Master

Gretchen Henkel  |  September 9, 2024

As the Asia-Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology (APLAR) convened its 26th annual congress in Singapore this August, Ellen M. Gravallese, MD, was honored as an APLAR Master. Dr. Gravallese is currently the Theodore Bevier Bayles Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Boston, chief of the Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity at Brigham…

Filed under:AwardsAwardsCareerProfiles Tagged with:APLARAPLAR MastersAsia Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology (APLAR)Dr. Ellen M. GravalleseMovers & Shakers

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