New Wins, Ongoing Challenges for ACR Insurance Subcommittee

Raise Your Concerns
Member input provides significant awareness to the ISC and the ACR when practices are experiencing challenges with payers. Dr. Phillips and Ms. Strozier encourage all members to share any payer challenges with the ISC.

Additional Resources
Learn more about the ISC and the Committee on Rheumatologic Care.

Read more about the ACR’s work in advocating for providers and patients regarding payer policies and find more on recent ISC wins on the payer front, and about ISC Chair Dr. Phillips.

Carina Stanton is a freelance science journalist based in Denver.

Both private and academic rheumatology practices face payer challenges that put the health of their patients and their practices at risk. To make sure the rheumatologist perspective is heard by payers, “the ACR’s Insurance Subcommittee (ISC) serves as the interface between payers and our members and ACR colleagues,” explains Sean Fahey, MD, a rheumatologist in…

Early in his career as a resident at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo., Christopher Phillips, MD, felt a connection to his patients battling rheumatic diseases. Today, Dr. Phillips balances time with his solo private practice in Paducah, Ky., to help rheumatologists fight insurance battles for their patients in his role as chair of the…

The ACR Insurance Subcommittee is working to address specialty pharmacy requirements for in-office treatments, elimination of consultation codes and other coverage and reimbursement challenges.

ATLANTA—From step therapy requirements to infusion center locations to evaluation and management coding, insurance issues bring frequent headaches to clinicians and patients. Experts discussed some of the most recent concerns in a session at the 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting. Chris Phillips, MD, chair of the ACR’s Insurance Subcommittee (ISC), and Gary Bryant, MD, delegate to…

Protect Your Practice: Action Update From the ACR’s Insurance Subcommittee

Bringing a Frontline Perspective to Insurance Advocacy

Coverage & Reimbursement Challenges: Updates from the ACR Insurance Subcommittee Chair

Experts Discuss Current Insurance Issues Challenging Rheumatology

Related Articles