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Rheumatology Clinical Registry Debuts This Month

Kurt Ullman | June 1, 2009

Web-based system will ease compliance with PQRI, benchmarking, research

Reading Rheum

Daniel Hal Solomon, MD, MPH; Gail C. Davis, RN, EdD | May 1, 2009

Handpicked Reviews of Contemporary Literature

The Future of Medicine Is in Washington—You Should Be, Too

Staff | May 1, 2009

On March 10, the ACR hosted its 2009 “Advocates for Arthritis” fly-in. During this event, over 100 rheumatologists, rheumatology health professionals, and patient advocates walked the halls of Congress to lobby legislators on important issues affecting the rheumatology community.

PQRI Now Includes RA Measures Group

Salahuddin Kazi, MD, Melesia Tillman, CPC, CCP, and Amy S. Miller | May 1, 2009

In 2008, the only Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) measure that applied to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was disease-modifying antirheumatic drug therapy. For 2009, five new RA measures were included, for a total of six measures in the new RA Measures Group. The five new measures were developed in 2008 by the National Committee for Quality Assurance in collaboration with the ACR and the American Medical Association’s Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement and were subsequently adopted by Medicare.

ACR Rheumatology Clinical Registry Coming Soon

Staff | April 1, 2009

The ACR has approved a set of evidence-based quality measures aimed at improving care and drug safety for patients with rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis, and gout.

Drug Updates

Michele B. Kaufman, PharmD, BCGP | March 1, 2009

Information on safety, labeling changes, and pharmaceutical research

Coding Corner Question

Staff | February 1, 2009

February’s Coding Challenge

State-of-the-Art Clinical Symposium: New Offerings, Returning Favorites

Staff | February 1, 2009

If you are looking for a CME symposium that will present up-to-date, cutting-edge information on a broad array of topics in rheumatology in an intimate setting, you won’t want to miss the 2009 ACR State-of-the-Art Clinical Symposium held Friday, April 17–Sunday, April 18 in Chicago, Ill.

Office Visit

Eric Butterman | February 1, 2009

A day in the life of John Schousboe, MD, PhD

Measuring Quality of Care Is Here to Stay—and the ACR Can Help

Staff | January 1, 2009

Imagine a patient comes into your office with active RA or lupus. You diagnose her and prescribe medications for her active disease—rash, arthritis, and so forth—but you do nothing to address possible long-term complications. You don’t prescribe calcium or vitamin D to prevent osteoporosis, you don’t get a bone density scan, and you don’t order labs to check risk factors for heart disease.