Rapid change and increasing costs in healthcare have sparked renewed interest in providing high-quality care, but demonstrating quality is difficult
Rheum2Learn Offers Opportunities for Internal Medicine Housestaff to Learn Rheumatology
Online educational tool can serve as a teaching platform for IM residents on rheumatology rotation and as a training resource
Rheumatologists Have More Money, Less Stress in 2012
Recent Medscape Physician Lifestyle and Physician Compensation surveys rank rheumatologists in the middle range of physician incomes, and low for career burnout
Letters: Don’t Forget Lyme Disease When Considering Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Lyme disease may present the identical clinical picture to PMR and must be ruled out
President’s Perspective: Will the Physician Payment Sunshine Act Shed Light on Conflicts of Interest?
What rheumatologists should know about complying with the PPSA when it goes into effect on August 1
Rheuminations: Fraud Casts a Pall on Medical Research
The history, causes, and effects of scientific misconduct and strategies to reduce fraud and plagiarism in clinical medicine
Speak Out Rheum: The First Days of Rheumatology
How the field has grown and flourished since rheumatology became a word in 1949
Innovative ARHP Program to be Featured at the ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Highlights include compelling keynote speakers, an immunology bootcamp and an integrated poster session.
ACR Makes Strides in Practice Management Education
Courses by the ACR’s Committee on Rheumatologic Care help rheumatologists stay abreast of changes in practice management, coding and billing regulations
How Rheumatologists Can Connect with Congress during August Recess
Tips for scheduling an in-person meeting and issues to discuss with lawmakers at their district offices
Coding Corner Question: July
#Test your coding knowledge for subsequent infusions of infliximab
Coding Corner Answer: July Coding Challenge
Coding for a patient who gets subsequent infusions of infliximab
Practice Page: CMS Releases Updated Timeline for Meaningful Use
New final rule delays Stage 2 and makes changes to Stage 1
Rheumatology Drug Research Should Focus on Particular Groups of Patients
An analysis of risks and benefits of drugs in specific types of patients will help rheumatologists provide better treatment
California Rheumatology Alliance 2013 Meeting: Rheumatologists Advised to Drop Prednisone Maintenance Therapy in Lupus Patients
A systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) disease expert emphasizes benefits of hydroxychloroquine, burst of steroid treatments
California Rheumatology Alliance 2013 Meeting: Aim for Remission in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Early diagnosis and aggressive treatment of RA is key, expert says
California Rheumatology Alliance 2013 Meeting: The Future of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Treatment for RA should involve targeting subclinical disease and reversing immune dysregulation, expert says
Rheumatology Drug Updates
Information on new approvals and medication safety that rheumatologists need to know
Tech Talk: Rheumatologists Have Many Options for Providing Patient Education Online
Services to provide and maintain patient-education segments of physicians’ websites become more sophisticated
What Rheumatologists Need to Know About the Physician Payment Sunshine Act
The federal act mandates transparency within physician–industry relationship