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The Burden of Rheumatic Diseases Among Indigenous People in Latin America Is Disproportionate

David C. Holzman  |  November 19, 2018

Indigenous communities in Latin America lack good healthcare—and often lack any healthcare—for musculoskeletal and rheumatic diseases.1 Global health initiatives tend to focus on infectious disease, despite the increasing rate of chronic diseases. In a survey of 6,155 individuals from eight indigenous communities, conducted by a team of Latin American investigators, the prevalence of these conditions…

Filed under:ConditionsResearch Rheum Tagged with:Access to carePrevalenceSocioeconomic Impact

8 Ways to Help Your Patients with Medication Costs

Vanessa Caceres  |  October 18, 2018

A patient with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) comes to your office and needs a medication. You prescribe it, and the patient’s insurance plan covers it. The patient begins the medication and slowly but surely feels better. Prescribing drugs for a patient should be this simple but rarely is, thanks to the high cost of drugs and…

Filed under:Drug UpdatesPatient PerspectivePractice Support Tagged with:cost savingdrug costs

McConnell Says Senate Republicans Might Revisit Obamacare Repeal

David Morgan  |  October 18, 2018

WASHINGTON (Reuters)—Republicans could try again to repeal Obamacare if they win enough seats in U.S. elections next month, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday, calling a failed 2017 push to repeal the healthcare law a “disappointment.” In a forecast of 2019 policy goals tempered by uncertainty about who will win the congressional elections,…

Filed under:Legislation & Advocacy Tagged with:ObamacareObamacare repealSenate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell

Compliance Means More than Just Paperwork

Anita Henderson-Sumpter, MHA, MBA, CHC, CPC  |  September 20, 2018

Effective management of healthcare compliance requires an office compliance plan that stays current with changing government regulations, payer requirements, office operations and technology. Many still wonder, why is a compliance program needed—if something isn’t broken, don’t fix it, right? This is not always the case; compliance is an essential part of practice operations, but providing…

Filed under:EthicsFrom the CollegeLegal UpdatesPractice Support Tagged with:ComplianceHIPAA

Maryland Gets an A; Most States Receive a C on ACR’s 1st Rheumatic Disease Report Card

Carina Stanton  |  September 5, 2018

In a first-of-its-kind report card, the ACR shows that many changes are needed for states to improve patient access to affordable and effective rheumatology care…

Filed under:American College of RheumatologyLegislation & AdvocacyPatient PerspectivePractice Support

AMA Opposes Merger of CVS & Aetna

Reuters Staff  |  August 8, 2018

WASHINGTON (Reuters)—the The American Medical Association, which represents U.S. physicians, urged the U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday to stop CVS Health Corp’s plan to buy insurance provider Aetna Inc, saying the deal could result in higher prices for prescription medicines. The AMA said that the $69 billion deal, announced in December, would lead to a…

Filed under:Uncategorized Tagged with:Aetna Inc.American Medical Association (AMA)CVS Aetna mergerCVS Health CorpMedicare Part Dpharmacy benefit (PBM) services

EULAR & ACR Define Rheumatic & Musculoskeletal Disease for Laymen

Thomas R. Collins  |  July 19, 2018

Understanding rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) is an understandably tall order for the lay public, what with the huge number of conditions and the complex—and often little understood—processes involved. Now, a working group of the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) and the ACR has set out to try to correct this problem with a definition…

Filed under:Professional Topics Tagged with:Media

A Comprehensive Review of NSAID Cardiovascular Toxicity

A Comprehensive Review of NSAID Cardiovascular Toxicity

Deepan S. Dalal, MD, MPH, Maureen Dubreuil, MD, MS, & David T. Felson, MD, MPH  |  July 18, 2018

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are the most used drugs for acute and chronic pain. More than 30 billion doses of NSAIDs are consumed annually from more than 70 million prescriptions.1 Despite their common use, NSAIDs are not free of serious toxicities. In the pre-Vioxx (rofecoxib) era, gastrointestinal toxicity was the primary concern for many NSAIDs….

Filed under:Analgesics Tagged with:acetaminophencelecoxib (Elyxyb)diclofenacIbuprofennaproxenNSAIDsrofecoxib

The ACR’s Congressional Advocacy Produces Results

David I. Daikh, MD, PhD  |  June 21, 2018

The underlying tenet of the ACR’s advocacy efforts is that we cannot effect change for our profession and our patients unless we take our issues directly to decision makers. As I write this column, I am highly encouraged by the progress we have made so far this year in the advocacy realm. At the same…

Filed under:Legislation & AdvocacyPresident's Perspective Tagged with:American College of Rheumatology (ACR)Association of Rheumatology Professionals (ARP)RheumPAC

EHRs Play a Role in Physician Burnout

Lara C. Pullen, PhD  |  June 20, 2018

A recently published research review notes physician burnout has become a crisis in the U.S. The authors describe how the added administrative tasks of electronic health records (EHRs) have contributed to the crisis, as well as how regulatory requirements and EHR platform design exacerbate the situation…

Filed under:Professional Topics Tagged with:electronic health record (EHR)Medical Recordsphysician burnoutTechnology

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