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Expert Guidance from the ACR/ARP Access in Rheumatology Meeting

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ACR/ARP Access in Rheumatology—As part of ACR Education Exchange 2023, the ACR/ARP Access in Rheumatology meeting addressed some of the major challenges in coverage and payment that U.S. rheumatology practices face. Speakers included rheumatologists, rheumatology professionals, office managers and CEOs. The first section, Thriving, Not Just Surviving—Keeping Your Rheumatology Practice Solvent, focused on financial management…

Pondering the Pandemic: Autoantibodies in COVID-19

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NEW ORLEANS—The COVID-19 pandemic brought to light the interplay of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the immune systems of infected patients. Acute autoimmune manifestations of COVID-19, such as multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) and myocarditis, clearly exist. A session at the 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium, Autoantibodies in COVID-19 explored this topic in detail, including a…

Fellows in Training Learn & Network at ACR Convergence

Abin P. Puravath, MD, MHS, FACP  |  

PHILADELPHIA—The fellows-in-training (FIT) programs at ACR annual meetings are highly valued educational sessions that also offer a forum for fellows to meet and connect with trainees from other programs. Fellows who were not able to meet in person during the pandemic years, particularly those who were in their second or third year of training, welcomed…

Better Living with a Bullet Journal

Amanda Myers, MD  |  

Let’s get to the point. Life is busy. Between my job as a rheumatologist, my volunteer work for the ACR, and parenthood, staying organized is a challenge. I’ve tried numerous organizational strategies whose logistics failed to meet my needs. My online calendar was too small to add detail. Events I needed to track monthly or…

CMS Releases CY24 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule & Quality Payment Program Updates

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On July 13, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Calendar Year 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program (QPP) updates. Notably, the Fee Schedule decreases the conversion factor, which coupled with reimbursement stagnation for payment updates and congressionally mandated cuts, has created financial instability for physicians across all specialties. …

Patient Education Materials for Non-English Speakers

Katie Robinson  |  

Recently, the Vasculitis Foundation, in collaboration with a group of physicians and vasculitis investigators in the U.S. and Latin America (i.e., Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Chile and Argentina), launched an educational series of videos in Spanish called, Aprendiendo de Vasculitis. “The goal of these videos is to provide education to all Spanish-speaking patients,” explains Sebastian E….

Should the ACR Have a Medical Textbook?

Daniel J. Wallace, MD, & Swamy R. Venuturupalli, MD  |  

There was a time when medical textbooks were the ultimate resource for information in the field. The modern age of the U.S. medical textbook began in the 1920s and was fully established by the 1960s. Internal medicine saw the appearance of textbooks by Russell Cecil (1927) and Tinsley Harrison (1950), with specialty textbooks by Goodman…