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Overlooking HIPAA Risks Can Lead to Costly Breach

From the College  |  August 16, 2017

Is your office at risk? Are all your business associate agreements (BAAs) in place, and is your office HIPAA compliant? As promised, and as part of its continued efforts to assess and enforce compliance with the HIPAA Privacy, Security and Breach Notification Rules, the Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) continues…

Filed under:From the CollegeLegal UpdatesPractice Support Tagged with:electronic protected health information (ePHI)healthcare cybersecurityHIPAA auditsHIPAA PrivacyOffice for Civil Rights (OCR)Security and Breach Notification Rules

Registries & Benchmarking: Implementation of Best Practices Can Work—If Done Right

Thomas R. Collins  |  August 15, 2017

MADRID—Determining what is a best practice in rheumatology and then implementing improvements based on what you find can be fraught with complexity, an expert said during the 2017 Annual European Congress on Rheumatology (EULAR). Examples are emerging of benchmarking projects in which electronic registers are used to improve patient care, said William Dixon, MD, chair…

Filed under:Practice Support Tagged with:benchmark toolbest practicespatient care

Calcium Crystal Deposition in Rheumatic Diseases: Mechanisms & Evaluation of Calcium Crystal Deposits Explored

Thomas R. Collins  |  August 15, 2017

MADRID—Calcification in osteoarthritis (OA) involves a series of pathways and interactions that feed off each other in a process that bears some resemblance to the transformation of cartilage to bone that takes place in the embryonic stage of human development, a researcher said here at the 2017 Annual European Congress on Rheumatology (EULAR). “My hypothesis…

Filed under:ConditionsEULAR/OtherMeeting ReportsOsteoarthritis and Bone Disorders Tagged with:cartilageEULARimagingosteoarthritis (OA)TendinopathyUltrasound

Sirukumab Approval Stalls

Michele B. Kaufman, PharmD, BCGP  |  August 15, 2017

Citing safety concerns, the FDA Arthritis Advisory Committee voted against recommending approval of sirukumab for treating adults with RA…

Filed under:Biologics/DMARDsDrug Updates Tagged with:Drug SafetyFDAFood and Drug AdministrationRheumatoid Arthritis (RA)sirukumab

Rheumatology Coding Corner Answer: Coding for Incident-to Services

From the College  |  August 15, 2017

Take the challenge. CPT codes: 99214-25, 20610-RT, J1030x1 Diagnoses: M05.79, M25.561 This is an established patient visit with an established diagnosis, along with a new diagnosis, which would have to be billed under the PA’s National Provider Number (NPI) and reimbursed at 85% of the fee schedule. Keep in mind that to qualify as an…

Filed under:Billing/CodingFrom the CollegePractice Support Tagged with:BillingCodingincident-to servicespatient carePractice Managementrheumatologistrheumatology

In Memoriam: Dr. H. Ralph Schumacher Jr.

Simon M. Helfgott, MD  |  August 14, 2017

Our esteemed colleague, H. Ralph Schumacher Jr., MD, professor emeritus and former acting chief of rheumatology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and section chief of rheumatology at the VA Medical Center in Philadelphia, died at his home on July 30 from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Dr. Schumacher was a true giant…

Filed under:Professional TopicsProfiles Tagged with:obituarySchumacher

TNF Stabilizes Inflammatory RNA in Synoviocytes

Lara C. Pullen, PhD  |  August 14, 2017

A recent study has helped researchers gain insight into the genome-wide regulation of mRNA stability in RA fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS). Chronic exposure of FLS to tumor necrosis factor appears to increase mRNA stability, enhancing the expression of inflammatory genes and the perpetuation of synovitis…

Filed under:ConditionsRheumatoid Arthritis Tagged with:fibroblast-like synoviocytesRheumatoid Arthritis (RA)RNAtumor necrosis factor inhibitor

Rheumatology Drug Updates: Opana ER Painkiller Pulled from U.S. Market; Upadacitinib to Treat RA, and More

Michele B. Kaufman, PharmD, BCGP  |  August 13, 2017

Opana ER Pulled from U.S. Market Last month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) asked Endo Pharmaceuticals to remove oxymorphone hydrochloride extended release (Opana ER) from the U.S. market due to public health consequences related to abuse. The agency has concerns that the risks presented by the treatment do not outweigh its benefits.1 On…

Filed under:Drug UpdatesResearch Rheum Tagged with:abataceptabuseAddictionApprovalsClinicalDrugsEndo PharmaceuticalsFDAMedicationOpana ERopioidoxymorphone hydrochloride extended releasepainkillerResearchresultsSafetytopical diclofenac sodiumtrialupadacitinib

University of Nebraska Division of Rheumatology and Immunology Makes Education, Clinical Research Top Priorities

Gretchen Henkel  |  August 13, 2017

When it was created in 1982, the Division of Rheumatology and Immunology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center comprised one-and-a-half rheumatologists: its founder, Lynell W. Klassen, MD, MACR, and Gerald Moore, MD, who later received formal training at the NIH and now serves as senior associate dean for academic affairs. Thirty-five years later, the…

Filed under:ConditionsEducation & TrainingMyositisProfilesResearch Rheum Tagged with:biobanksClinical researchEducationgout and systemic lupus erythematosusImmunologymyositisRheumatoid arthritisrheumatologySclerodermaTrainingtrialsUniversity of Nebraska

Fellows' Forum Case Report: Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis

Fellows’ Forum Case Report: Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis

Anita Laloo, MB, BS, MPH, German Pihan, MD, & Robert H. Shmerling, MD  |  August 13, 2017

The patient was a 48-year-old woman who saw her primary care physician for a flu-like illness three months prior to admission. Her symptoms initially improved, but recurred one month later; she was treated symptomatically, and again symptoms resolved. Two months later, she presented to an outside facility’s emergency department with fever to 103ºF, with associated…

Filed under:ConditionsResearch Rheum Tagged with:case reportClinicalDiagnosisFellowsFellows Forumfeverhemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosisimmunodeficiencylymphomamalignancyoutcomepatient careResearchrheumatologysymptoms

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