Outcomes measures can standardize care—but they can’t standardize patients
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Target Remission
Strategies to identify and track remission in your RA patients
What Has the ACR Done for You Lately?
The world in which we currently practice is not the same one we knew five to 10 years ago. Insurers second-guess our decisions and create numerous hurdles for us to overcome before our patients can be treated. Government agencies are seeking ways to reduce healthcare expenditures and improve what they perceive as a lack of quality and consistency in healthcare delivery. These groups, as well as Congress and employers (who purchase benefits for their employees), have begun a concerted effort to grade rheumatologists on the basis of what they perceive to be quality and efficiency and then pay us according to those criteria.
Twenty Questions, Part 1
What disease scores can teach you about rheumatology
Office Visit
A Day in the Life of Niveditha Mohan, MD
Coding Corner Question
January Coding Scenario
ACR Activism Resources
Practice advocacy: not just for private practitioners
November Coding Scenario
Think you know all there is to know about coding? Here’s a chance to find out.
Control Quality Anxiety
Rheumatologists positive but cautious about their brushes with the quality movement
A Heart In Danger
Rheumatologists should monitor and aggressively treat cardiac risk factors in patients with lupus and rheumatoid arthritis