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Healthcare Market Payment Shift Makes Patient Co-Pays More Important

Staff | July 1, 2014

Physicians will need to enforce stricter policies, procedures to collect patient co-payments, deductibles

Update on Healthcare Reform in 2014 under the Affordable Care Act

Joseph Flood, MD, & Kam Nola, PharmD, MS | June 1, 2014

The American College of Rheumatology continues to monitor healthcare system changes under the ACA; educate rheumatologists, rheumatology health professionals

Legal Updates: Healthcare Data Privacy and Security under HIPAA

Steven M. Harris, Esq. | May 1, 2014

Maintaining the privacy of healthcare data Is paramount, and a breach can cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars

Mobile Health Devices May Have Limited Use in Rheumatology

Simon M. Helfgott, MD | April 2, 2014

Challenges exist in developing m-health apps for rheumatology patients because of the difficulty in pinpointing what needs to be measured

2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting: Health Professionals In the Spotlight

Richard Quinn | January 1, 2014

ARHP members are honored with awards for research, education, advocacy, and patient care in rheumatology

Affordable Care Act Latest in Half-Century of Healthcare Reform

Bryn Nelson, PhD | January 1, 2014

Highlights in 50-year timeline of national healthcare legislation, proposals, and policies since the Social Security Act was adopted in 1965

Speak Out Rheum: Attacks Against Healthcare Providers in China Spur Chinese Rheumatologists to Heal Strained Doctor–Patient Relationships Through Technology

Qiang Tong, MD | September 1, 2013

The Chinese SLE treatment and research group (CSTAR) database serves as an information resource about lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, and systemic sclerosis, and a communication platform between health-care providers and rheumatology patients