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How Rheumatologists Can Improve Patients’ Satisfaction, Patient Care, and Survey Scores

Karen Appold  |  October 10, 2016

Many reasons exist to strive for high patient satisfaction, including those related to maintaining certification requirements, risk management, reimbursement and simply having a competitive practice, but the most important one is that by achieving high patient satisfaction, you will find that your patients will be more motivated and more engaged in their individual care, says…

Filed under:Practice SupportQuality Assurance/Improvement Tagged with:patient carepatient satisfactionPractice ManagementQualityRheumatic Diseaserheumatologistsurvey

RheumPAC Backs Pro-Rheumatology Congressional Candidate Dr. Matt Heinz from Arizona

From the College  |  October 10, 2016

RheumPAC is the ACR’s political action committee dedicated to increasing rheumatology’s presence on Capitol Hill. It is the only PAC dedicated to the interests of all rheumatologists and their patients. RheumPAC began in 2007 with the purpose of building contacts, influence and visibility within Washington, D.C. for rheumatology. RheumPAC works to support and elect pro-rheumatology…

Filed under:From the CollegeLegislation & Advocacy Tagged with:AdvocacycandidateCongressDr. Matt HeinzelectionLegislationrheumatologyRheumPAC

Rheumatology Research Workshop Encourages Collaboration, Career Mentoring

From the College  |  October 10, 2016

The Rheumatology Research Workshop (RRW), a two-day meeting designed to promote interactions between early and established investigators to foster collaboration and facilitate career mentoring, was held this year on June 24–25 in Atlanta. Each year, the workshop includes scientific lectures, elevator pitch presentations, poster sessions and scheduled time for interaction with senior investigators to exchange…

Filed under:Education & TrainingFrom the College Tagged with:2016 ACR/ARHP Annual MeetingACR/ARHPCareercollaborationEducationNetworkingrheumatologistRheumatology Research WorkshopTraining

Shifting Health Policy Landscape Brings Opportunities, Responsibility to Advocate for Rheumatology

Joan M. Von Feldt, MD, MSEd, FACR, FACP  |  October 10, 2016

Heraclitus of Ephesus (c. 500 BC) is credited with the saying, “The only constant is change.” Now, centuries later, change is meteoric, and especially in healthcare and health policy, the pace of change is relentless. Rheumatology and other specialties continue to face challenges that threaten the ability to deliver compassionate, competent care to patients. The…

Filed under:Legislation & AdvocacyPresident's Perspective Tagged with:AdvocacyAmerican College of Rheumatology (ACR)CongressHealthcarelegislatorsMedicarepatient carepolicyRheumatic Diseaserheumatology

Bipartisan RheumPAC Serves Needs of Patients and Rheumatologists

Kelly Tyrrell  |  October 5, 2016

For more than a decade, the ACR’s Government Affairs Committee (GAC) has given rheumatologists a voice in the halls of Congress. Since 2007, that voice has been amplified by RheumPAC, the bipartisan political action committee for ACR/ARHP members that helps advance the policy goals of the College, rheumatology professionals and their patients. “RheumPAC allows us…

Filed under:Legislation & AdvocacyProfessional Topics Tagged with:Capitol Hillpolitical action committeeRheumPAC

New Kits Address Pediatric-to-Adult-Care Transition

Kurt Ullman  |  October 5, 2016

The transition from pediatric to adult care can be a rocky one. For many rheumatology patients, any problems in the move can cause gaps in care. To address this issue, the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) joined the American College of Physicians’ (ACP) Pediatric to Adult Care Transitions Initiative. The Initiative is a project spearheaded…

Filed under:ConditionsPediatric ConditionsPractice SupportProfessional Topics Tagged with:ACR Transition Work Groupjuvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)LupusPediatricPediatric to Adult Care Transitions Initiativetoolkittransition

How to Document E/M Services

Kimberly Retzlaff  |  October 5, 2016

Documenting evaluation and management (E/M) services involves many factors, and it’s important to code to the most appropriate level of service to avoid compliance risks. To assist providers with documentation, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) provides its 1995 and 1997 Documentation Guidelines for Evaluation and Management Services. For billing purposes, either version…

Filed under:Billing/CodingPractice SupportProfessional Topics Tagged with:documentation guidelinesE/M CodingE/M serviceEvaluation and ManagementMedical decision makingrelative value units

Big Pharma vs. Big Pharma in Court Battles over Biosimilar Drugs

John Miller  |  October 4, 2016

ZURICH (Reuters)—The line dividing makers of brand-name drugs and copycat medicines is blurring as companies known for innovative treatments queue up to peddle copies of rivals’ complex biological medicines. These drug makers are now increasingly straddling both sides of the courtroom, too, protecting their high-price products from biosimilars—biopharmaceutical drugs with the treatment properties of medicines…

Filed under:Biologics/DMARDsDrug UpdatesLegal Updates Tagged with:AbbVieadalimumabadalimumab-attoAmgenBiosimilarsetanerceptetanercept-szzslawsuitLegalNovartis

The Role of Benign Joint Hypermobility in Functional Pain Disorders

Lara C. Pullen, PhD  |  October 3, 2016

Physicians have been puzzled by the role of benign joint hypermobility syndrome in the development of gastrointestinal disorders and other autonomic symptoms and co-morbidities. However, new research found that benign joint hypermobility syndrome only minimally affects autonomic abnormalities…

Filed under:ConditionsSoft Tissue Pain Tagged with:benign joint hypermobilitycomorbiditiesFibromialgiagastrointestinaljointPain

How to Thrive—Not Just Survive—as a New Manager, Part 2

Karen Appold  |  September 30, 2016

In Part 2 of how to thrive as a new manager, our experts expand on how age can affect the transition to management, what it’s like to join a new practice as a manager and how to take charge with grace…

Filed under:Practice SupportWorkforce Tagged with:CareerOffice managerPractice Management

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