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At the Table: ACR Meets with MedPAC

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The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) makes recommendations to Congress on Medicare policy including physician payments and patient access issues. These recommendations can directly impact rheumatology care coverage and rheumatologist reimbursement. Representatives of the ACR and partners recently met with new MedPAC Executive Director James E. Mathews, PhD, to discuss appropriate recognition of rheumatology care…

Protecting Patient Care on All Fronts: A Conversation with Kent “Kwas” Huston, MD, ACR Government Affairs Committee Member

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Kent “Kwas” Huston, MD, remembers the conversations he had with his father’s rheumatology patients in Kansas City, Mo., when he visited his father’s practice while he was growing up. “They shared what a difference he made for them,” Dr. Huston explains. Dr. Huston also saw firsthand the importance of rheumatology care. His mother was diagnosed…

New Arthritis Estimates Put Prevalence Numbers Much Higher Than Previously Thought

Catherine Kolonko  |  

  Arthritis is often associated with retirees, but a new analysis of government data suggests the disease is much more common in young and middle-aged adults than previously believed. Disease prevalence is currently estimated at about 54 million adults, but that number is greatly underestimated, especially among those 64 and younger, according to a study…

Telehealth Is Helping the Underserved

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For many uninsured and underinsured patients in Yuba City, Calif., seeing a rheumatologist used to mean taking a day off from work and driving 108 miles, roundtrip, to the University of California Davis Medical Center. That changed this year when patients were offered the option of having a telemedicine consultation with a rheumatologist as part…

Social Media Connects, Informs Rheumatologists

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When Paul Sufka, MD, a rheumatologist with HealthPartners Medical Group and Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Minn., wants to connect with his colleagues or keep abreast of the latest rheumatology journal articles, he turns to Twitter. Dr. Sufka is one of many rheumatologists who have found effective ways to incorporate social media into their medical…

How & Why Attending Physicians Should Teach in Patient Rooms

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No matter where you practice, rheumatology clinics are extremely busy. And in that hustle and bustle we find an uncomfortable jostling of priorities between delivering optimal care for as many patients as possible and upholding education for teachers and learners at all levels. Because salary usually comes from seeing more and more patients, teaching is…

RISE Registry Helps ACR Members Successfully Navigate MIPS

David I. Daikh, MD, PhD  |  

Time certainly flies, and 2018 marks the second year that rheumatologists who see Medicare patients are operating under the new Quality Payment Program (QPP) created by the Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA). MACRA repealed the Fee-for-Service model under the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula and transitioned Medicare reimbursement to a system more overtly…

A Guide to Understanding Physician Compensation Models

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Understanding your compensation is critical before you decide to accept a job. In the world of medical practices or groups, however, this understanding is even more essential, because a wide variety of compensation structures for physicians exists. These compensation models can dictate not only what a physician will make in the near future, but also…

Retired Rheumatologist Cruises the Globe

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Several years ago, Ed Herzig, MD, and his wife, Andrea (Andi), spent one week on a Smithsonian cruise that traveled along the western part of the Amazon river, the world’s second longest river, which cuts across seven South American countries. They actually swam in the river, fished for piranha and spotted primitive Peruvian river villages….

Patient Satisfaction Scores—Do They Matter?

Zineb Aouhab, MD, RhMSUS  |  

You see a patient for the first time to establish care for Sjögren’s disease. She complains of dry eyes, dry mouth and diffuse arthralgias. You do not appreciate any synovitis on physical exam. Of note, you are the fourth rheumatologist she has seen during the past year. Toward the end of the clinic visit, she…