Background & objective: One of the major challenges in the treatment of chronic joint diseases, such as osteoarthritis (OA), is the need to provide sustained bioavailability of a therapeutic agent within the joint. Systemically administered drugs cannot sufficiently reach the synovial space, and intra-articularly injected agents are cleared from the joint fluid rapidly by the…
How to Engage Young Adult Patients
Gaps in healthcare are common between the ages of 17 and 21. But simple collaborations between adult and pediatric rheumatologists can go a long way to help young adults stay engaged in their rheumatology care…
FDA Approves Subcutaneous Tocilizumab for Ages 2–17
The FDA has approved subcutaneous tocilizumab for treating active systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis in pediatric patients as young as 2 years old…
Central Sensitization to Pain May Not Predict Long-Term Outcomes after Carpal Tunnel Release Surgery
Pain sensitization, such as that experienced by patients with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), has been associated with poorer clinical outcomes after surgery. New research has found that, although pain sensitization in CTS patients correlates with preoperative symptom severity, CTS symptoms did not have a persistent effect on functional outcomes after surgery…
Trump Seeks to Base Medicare Drug Prices on Lower Overseas Rates
WASHINGTON (Reuters)—U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday his administration is seeking to lower prescription drug prices by determining the price the government’s Medicare program pays for some medications based on the lower prices paid in other countries. Trump said the move takes aim at what he characterized as “global freeloading” on prescription drugs. “The…
Tennis-Wozniacki Reveals Battle with Rheumatoid Arthritis
SINGAPORE (Reuters)—Australian Open champion Caroline Wozniacki has opened up about her battle with rheumatoid arthritis, saying there have been days this year when she found it hard to get out of bed. The Dane, who claimed her maiden Grand Slam title in Melbourne this year, crashed out of the WTA Finals in the group stage…
UnitedHealthcare Retires Fax Numbers Used for Prior Authorization Requests
Unfortunately, prior authorization continues to be a burden for providers, practices, and patients. Effective Jan. 1, 2019, UnitedHealthcare (UHC) will retire fax numbers used for medical prior authorization (PA) requests. After this date, UHC will require PA requests to be submitted through their Prior Authorization and Notification tool. Providers who can’t submit requests electronically may…
Q&A with New ACR President Paula Marchetta
Paula Marchetta, MD, MA, MBA, became a member of the ACR in 1989, during her rheumatology fellowship at Bellevue Hospital and the New York University (NYU) Medical Center. Just 10 years earlier, rheumatology had been an unlikely path. Dr. Marchetta—with a love of the arts—was pursuing Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in English. But she found…
New ARHP President Hazel L. Breland, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, Will Focus on Interprofessional Collaboration
This week, Hazel L. Breland, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, stepped into her new role as the 50th ARHP president. Dr. Breland is an associate professor of occupational therapy (OT) at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston where she teaches masters students, serves as academic fieldwork coordinator for clinical placements of all entry-level graduate OT…
ACR Leaders Outline Advocacy Victories, Threats
CHICAGO—ACR leaders described a series of looming legislative and regulatory threats to rheumatologists and their patients—including the proposed collapsing of evaluation and management (E/M) coding and potential changes to step therapy rules—and urged everyone in the field to make their voices heard to quash the proposals. They also recounted recent victories in the policy realm…
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