Your voice matters: That was the shared theme of presentations by Angus Worthing, MD, FACR, FACP, William F. Harvey, MD, MSc, FACR, and Georgia Rep. Kim Schofield (D-Atlanta, Dist. 60) in the session, Raise Your Voice! Advocacy Update from Government Affairs at the 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting on Monday, Nov. 11.
A farewell message from outgoing Government Affairs Committee Chair Angus Worthing urges ACR/ARP members to advocate for the rheumatology profession.
With multiple healthcare policy issues currently in play, Dr. Solow believes making rheumatologists’ voices heard is crucial to the specialty’s success.
Session attendees will hear about recent successes from the Government Affairs Committee and learn how to become effective rheumatology advocates.
The ACR’s delegation to the AMA is seeking applicants to be a second Young Physician Section representative for the ACR.
The 2019 event, to be held Sept. 9-10 in Washington, D.C., will bring together rheumatology professionals and patients to advocate on behalf of the rheumatology community.
CMS estimates that under their proposal, released July 29, rheumatologists would see on average a 15% payment increase, beginning in 2021.
Corrections to reimbursement system errors with Aetna and a Medicare contractor demonstrate the latest wins for all providers by the ACR’s Insurance Subcommittee. But the committee remains hard at work advocating for rheumatologists on several fronts.
A number of bills have been introduced in the 116th Congress to mitigate the impact of treatment and drug costs on U.S. patients. The ACR has reviewed the bills and supports those that most closely align with its positions on access to care.
2018 is coming to a close, and somehow, I have managed to make it through a year as the physician editor of The Rheumatologist without being sued or fired, so I thought this would be a good time to pause and reflect on lessons learned—and to give thanks. My first lesson: this is a lot of…