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2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule for Quality Payment Program Published

From the College  |  January 6, 2023

The ACR highlights essential policy and reporting changes to the Quality Payment Program for performance year 2023 and beyond. Key changes include policies regarding the development of new MIPS Value Pathways and refinement of subgroup participation.

Filed under:Quality Assurance/ImprovementResearch Rheum Tagged with:Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS)Merit-based incentive payment systemMIPSQuality Payment Program (QPP)reportingRheumatology Informatics System for Effectiveness (RISE) Registry

Telehealth Brings Opportunities to Enhance Patient Care

Ruth Jessen Hickman, MD  |  December 8, 2022

During an ACR webinar in August, presenters discussed multiple aspects of telehealth in rheumatology, especially related to rheumatology fellowship training. They agreed that although telehealth represents one potential avenue to improve patient access to treatment for rheumatic disease, we must keep identifying the best ways to employ telehealth to enhance care. Impact of Pandemic Telemedicine…

Filed under:Information TechnologyMeeting ReportsPractice SupportTechnologyTechnology Tagged with:telehealthtelemedicine

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Private Practice, Research, Academia? Career Tips for Rheumatology Fellows

Herbert S.B. Baraf, MD, FACP, MACR  |  April 15, 2022

As rheumatology fellows approach the end of what for many is 25th grade, it’s time to focus on what you want to do for the rest of your life. For most rheumatology fellows it will be some form of clinical practice, although enormous opportunities exist throughout the medical field for you to apply your talents….

Filed under:Career DevelopmentProfessional Topics Tagged with:community practiceFellowsPrivate practice

Tips for Transitioning Patients from Pediatric to Adult Rheumatology Care

Sarah D. Bayefsky, MD, Kimberly DeQuattro, MD, & Rebecca E. Sadun, MD, PhD  |  October 14, 2021

Approximately 50% of young adult patients with childhood-onset rheumatic diseases become lost to follow-up within the first year of transferring to adult rheumatology care, mirroring the statistics of other subspecialties.1,2 One of the challenges cited most consistently by young adult patients and their families relates to differences between rheumatology care delivery in the pediatric and…

Filed under:ConditionsDrug UpdatesPsoriatic Arthritis Tagged with:adalimumabPsoriatic Arthritisupadacitinib

Healthcare Extenders Can Reduce Physician Burden & Improve Patient Access & Care

Kimberly Steinbarger, PT, MHS, DHSc, & Saba Mohiuddin, PharmD, BCACP  |  August 11, 2021

In the early 1900s, the treatment for rheumatic and musculoskeletal disease (RMD) was primarily targeted at symptomatic relief and included analgesics, physical therapy, splinting and bed rest. With the discovery of methotrexate and its impact on rheumatoid arthritis (RA) management, a much-needed evolution of medications targeting disease activity began. Over the past 30 years, several…

Filed under:Interprofessional PerspectiveWorkforce Tagged with:Advanced Practice CliniciansAssociation of Rheumatology Professionals (ARP)dietitiannurse practitioneroccupational therapistspharmacistphysical therapistphysician assistantssocial worker

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The Case for Integrated Musculoskeletal Care Teams

Samantha C. Shapiro, MD, with Karl Koenig, MD  |  December 14, 2020

Through the development of a multidisciplinary musculoskeletal institute, we have created a model that facilitates coordination of care of complex patients between medical and surgical subspecialists, physical therapists, dieticians and social workers. A case is presented to demonstrate the improved care experience for both patients and providers and to share our learnings more broadly. The…

Filed under:ConditionsRheumatoid Arthritis Tagged with:Association of Rheumatology Professionals (ARP)multidisciplinary care teamMusculoskeletal

Declining Numbers of Americans Have a Primary Care Provider

Natasha Yetman  |  December 18, 2019

(Reuters Health)—In a little over a decade, the number of patients in the U.S. with primary care providers dropped by 2%, a new study finds. Between 2002 and 2015, fewer and fewer Americans of all ages, except for those in their 80s, had a primary care provider, researchers report in JAMA Internal Medicine.1 Although 2%…

Filed under:Professional Topics Tagged with:primary carePrimary Care Physician

What Makes a Master Clinician? Dr. Sterling West Talks about His Career & Offers Advice for Future Rheumatologists

Jason Liebowitz, MD, FACR  |  April 23, 2019

Many, if not all, rheumatologists seek to grow as clinicians so they can provide consistently exceptional care to patients and serve as role models for colleagues and trainees. In our Lessons from Master Clinicians series for The Rheumatologist, we present insights from clinicians who have achieved distinction in the field of rheumatology and who are…

Filed under:Career DevelopmentProfessional Topics Tagged with:CareerclinicianLessons from Master CliniciansProfilesRole Models in Rheumatology

Build Your Practice with Patient-Centered Strategies

Carol Patton  |  April 2, 2019

Ever wonder why some rheumatologists are more successful at starting or building a private practice than their peers? More than likely, their success is due in part to the patient-centered strategies embedded in their practices’ cultures. Although the ACR predicts a nationwide shortage of 2,500 rheumatologists within the next decade, many patients can still pick…

Filed under:Patient PerspectivePractice SupportQuality Assurance/Improvement Tagged with:patient carepatient satisfactionPrivate practice

Social & Psychological Elements Are Vital to Rheumatology Care

Thomas R. Collins  |  January 17, 2019

CHICAGO—To drive home the importance of how social determinants can make or break a person’s health, Jillian Rose, LCSW, MPH, the director of community, engagement, diversity and research at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, told a story about a gardener planting flowers at the 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting. In the story,…

Filed under:ConditionsMeeting Reports Tagged with:2018 ACR/ARHP Annual MeetingAssociation of Rheumatology Professionals (ARP)biopsychosocial

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