Responders to the recent ACR membership survey emphasized the importance of political advocacy for their practices and institutions. RheumPAC, the ACR’s political action committee, was created in February 2007 to focus on the legislative issues affecting the rheumatology community.
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American College of Rheumatology (ACR) on Capitol Hill
“By tomorrow night, there will be so many more people on Capitol Hill who know—and are sensitive to—rheumatology and the issues that impact you and your patients. There is no substitute for what you are doing,” says Martha M. Kendrick, a partner at Patton Boggs, LLP, the ACR’s lobbying firm. This is what she told the physician, health professional, and patient participants of the ACR’s 2008 “Advocates for Arthritis” advocacy event—termed a fly-in—before they took their personal stories to the lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
Dr. Wolfe & the National Data Bank for Rheumatic Diseases (NBD)
A private database becomes a national resource
The Line Between Boost and Ban
What makes a performance-enhancing drug taboo?
Advocacy and More
A week in the life of the ACR
Reading Rheum: Which Bone Agent Is Best in High-risk Osteoporosis?
Handpicked Reviews of Contemporary Literature
Osteoarthritis Quo Vadis
Our knowledge of OA has progressed far—does a cure lie ahead?
Coding Corner Answer
September’s coding answer
Medicare Quality Movement Reaches Clinicians
Physician Quality Reporting Initiative offers bonuses for clinicians and health professionals
Paget’s Disease of Bone
Paget’s disease generally affects people over 40, and while the disease is associated with heredity, the cause is unknown. The ACR has recently added a fact sheet about this condition to the patient education material online.