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Have We Reached an Estrogen Comfort Zone?

Jill P. Buyon, MD | May 1, 2007

A review of research on prescribing estrogens in systemic lupus erythematosus

Put Hughes Syndrome on Your Radar

Graham R.V. Hughes, MD | April 1, 2007

Diagnosis of antiphospholipid syndrome is increasing. Here’s how to recognize and treat it

Your Representatives on Capitol Hill

Jane Jerrard | March 1, 2007

Government Affairs Committee advocates on behalf of the ACR and all rheumatologists

What Has the ACR Done for You Lately?

Dan Fohrman, MD | February 1, 2007

The world in which we currently practice is not the same one we knew five to 10 years ago. Insurers second-guess our decisions and create numerous hurdles for us to overcome before our patients can be treated. Government agencies are seeking ways to reduce healthcare expenditures and improve what they perceive as a lack of quality and consistency in healthcare delivery. These groups, as well as Congress and employers (who purchase benefits for their employees), have begun a concerted effort to grade rheumatologists on the basis of what they perceive to be quality and efficiency and then pay us according to those criteria.

Payments Cut to the Bone

Norra MacReady | February 1, 2007

CMS reduces reimbursement for DXA and vertebral fracture assessment

Reading Rheum

David G. Borenstein, MD;Robyn T. Domsic, MD; Daniel Hal Solomon, MD, MPH | January 1, 2007

Handpicked Reviews of Contemporary Literature