Legislation & Advocacy

ACR’s Lupus Initiative Advances Education Around Diagnosing, Treating Disease

Joseph Flood, MD | March 1, 2014

Online progam boasts continuing medical education, learning curriculum for healthcare professionals and students, as well as a smartphone app to help patients track their symptoms

Parents Give Back after Watching Daughter’s Struggle with Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Staff | February 1, 2014

Diagnosis prompts Steve and Debbie Russell to support the Rheumatology Research Foundation

President’s Perspective: ACR’s Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Certification in Rheumatology Program Helps Healthcare Providers Learn to Use This Tool

Joseph Flood, MD | February 1, 2014

RhMSUS program helps health professionals address payment reforms, practice efficiency, and quality of patient care through use of MSUS imaging technology

Rheumatologists On The Move

Caitlin Cromley | January 1, 2014

Awards, appointments, and announcements in the world of rheumatology

2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting: Health Professionals In the Spotlight

Richard Quinn | January 1, 2014

ARHP members are honored with awards for research, education, advocacy, and patient care in rheumatology

ACR Aims to Keep Rheumatology on Congressional Radar in 2014

Staff | January 1, 2014

Ongoing advocacy by the ACR will target repealing SGR legislation, halting the implementation of ICD-10 coding and billing changes, and enlisting support for the Patients’ Access to Treatments Act

Affordable Care Act By The Numbers

Bryn Nelson, PhD | January 1, 2014

Predicted impact of government spending under Obamacare tells story of winners, losers in the healthcare reform effort

How Obamacare Is Expected to Impact Rheumatologists and Their Patients

Bryn Nelson, PhD | January 1, 2014

Provisions of the Affordable Care Act may affect Medicare patient co-pays for high-priced drugs, alleviate the shortage of pediatric rheumatologists, and encourage greater coordination among specialty providers

Affordable Care Act Latest in Half-Century of Healthcare Reform

Bryn Nelson, PhD | January 1, 2014

Highlights in 50-year timeline of national healthcare legislation, proposals, and policies since the Social Security Act was adopted in 1965

What the Affordable Care Act Means for Rheumatology

Bryn Nelson, PhD | January 1, 2014

Expected to flood the healthcare system with an influx of insured patients, Obamacare will likely exacerbate physician shortages, worsen capacity issues for many rheumatologists, and pressure providers to deliver a measurable quality of care, but analysts say rheumatology patients will benefit from expanded insurance coverage options