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Few Medicare Advantage Plans Cover Social Needs for Chronically Ill Patients

Lisa Rappaport  |  

(Reuters Health)—Most Medicare Advantage plans are not offering chronically ill enrollees supplemental benefits to address social needs, which were added to the government health program in 2018 in an effort to improve health outcomes and achieve cost savings, a U.S. study suggests.1 Researchers examined publicly available data on benefits and plan design for Medicare Advantage…

Apremilast Most Helpful for Mild to Moderate Psoriatic Arthritis

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Recent research examined the use of apremilast in patients with psoriatic arthritis using the Clinical Disease Activity in Psoriatic Arthritis (cDAPSA) measurement. The findings suggest patients with moderate disease activity at baseline benefit most from the treatment…

Researchers Discuss Viability of Rheumatology Education During the COVID‐19 Pandemic

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In a matter of weeks, the COVID‑19 crisis has totally upended clinical medicine and the practice of rheumatology. Our old ways of seeing patients in person, precepting fellows in clinic or on the consult service, and leading in-person interactive teaching rounds are gone for now and possibly for good. But how can we replace these…

Rheum After 5: Dr. Victoria Seligman Helps Create Cambodian Healthcare

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In 2001, Victoria Seligman, MD, MPH, was vacationing in Vietnam. While traveling by train, she met a student from Yale University who was working on the school’s Cambodian Genocide Program, which documents the atrocities that occurred in Cambodia between 1975 and 1979 under the Khmer Rouge regime. Approximately 1.7 million people—representing 21% of the population—were slaughtered….

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Rheumatology & Digital Wearables: What’s on the Horizon?

Carina Stanton  |  

SNOWMASS VILLAGE, COLO.—A major workforce shortage, a population of patients taking immunosuppressants where safety concerns and the patient experience are critical, and an increasing focus on remote patient monitoring and telehealth are driving a discussion regarding the role digital wearables play in rheumatologic care. “We need to be more thoughtful and efficient in taking care…

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Rheumatoid Arthritis Therapy Update: What’s Changed & What’s the Same

Kimberly Retzlaff  |  

SNOWMASS VILLAGE, COLO.—Current trends in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) therapy are the increased use of newer medication categories, such as Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors (Jakinibs) and biologics, and the rising costs of treatment. Unchanged is the consistent use of methotrexate as an effective therapy. These topics and more were discussed at the ACR Winter Symposium during…

The Potential for Telemedicine to Supplement In-Person Care

Elizabeth Park, MD  |  

Even before I started my rheuma­tology fellowship, I knew it would be a demanding career, diagnosing complex diseases with only a few management options in seriously ill patients. What I didn’t appreciate as much before is how badly we are needed across the country. According to the 2018 outcomes report from the National Resident Matching…

Some Telemedicine Barriers Are Down During COVID-19 Pandemic

Larry Beresford  |  

Telerheumatology—which refers to the application of electronic communication technology to clinical encounters from a distance between rheumatologists and their patients—has the potential to extend a workforce projected to experience significant shortfalls, making it more accessible to more patients. Multiple barriers that stood in the way of taking full advantage of this promise are now down—at…