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.
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Tackling the Rheumatology Workforce Shortage
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…
Unless Congress Acts, Medicare Reimbursement Will Remain Flat or Drop in 2025
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.
2024 Election Summary, Outlook for the Lame Duck Session & the New Congress
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.
Interim AMA House of Delegates Meeting Will Discuss Rheumatology Priorities
At the November meeting, the ACR will advance a resolution that addresses increasing access to telemedicine services for Medicare beneficiaries.
Take Action on Medicare Payment, Telehealth
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…
In the Wake of Hurricanes Helene & Milton: Lessons Learned
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…
Don’t Be Afraid to Engage: Health Technologies for Patients & Rheumatologists
Symptom checkers, telehealth and more—here are insights into the effects new technologies are having on rheumatology.
Congressional Action Needed to Maintain Medicare’s Extended Telehealth Services
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.
Ellen M. Gravallese, MD, Now an APLAR Master
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…
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