With a likely Republican majority in the House and Senate and a Republican president, there may be a sense that the party has a mandate to lead initiatives and enact significant policy changes. Any end-of-year legislative package will be narrower than initially expected, but the ACR’s top priority remains addressing cuts to physician reimbursements.
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Interim AMA House of Delegates Meeting Will Discuss Rheumatology Priorities
At the November meeting, the ACR will advance a resolution that addresses increasing access to telemedicine services for Medicare beneficiaries.
Take Action on Medicare Payment, Telehealth
Medicare physician reimbursement and extension of telehealth flexibilities are two of the ACR’s top legislative priorities as Congress approaches the lame duck session. With physicians facing a 2.8% cut under the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule and telehealth flexibilities set to expire at the end of this year, Congress must hear from the…
In the Wake of Hurricanes Helene & Milton: Lessons Learned
Editor’s note: As states prepare for Hurricane Milton, at least 223 people have died and hundreds are still unaccounted for in the destruction wrought by Hurricane Helene on Sept. 26. North and South Carolina, as well as Tennessee, were hard hit, and the U.S. medical system is being tested. Headlines include: “Helene Nearly Turned a…
Don’t Be Afraid to Engage: Health Technologies for Patients & Rheumatologists
Symptom checkers, telehealth and more—here are insights into the effects new technologies are having on rheumatology.
Congressional Action Needed to Maintain Medicare’s Extended Telehealth Services
Medicare’s extended telehealth services will expire at the end of the year unless Congress acts to continue them. Make sure your legislators know how a failure to act will harm patient access to care.
Ellen M. Gravallese, MD, Now an APLAR Master
As the Asia-Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology (APLAR) convened its 26th annual congress in Singapore this August, Ellen M. Gravallese, MD, was honored as an APLAR Master. Dr. Gravallese is currently the Theodore Bevier Bayles Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Boston, chief of the Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity at Brigham…
Editor’s Pick: Palliative Care for Inclusion Body Myositis, a Case Report
Inclusion body myositis (IBM) is a slowly progressing muscle disease of unknown cause that currently has no effective treatment. IBM is the most common inflammatory myopathy in older individuals, with a rising prevalence of 18.2 per 100,000 in adults older than 50.1,2 The disease characteristically affects the quadriceps and finger flexors, and in later stages…
ACR Comments on 2025 Physician Fee Schedule
The ACR’s response to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services addresses the likely harm of the proposed conversion factor on the solvency and stability of rheumatology practices. The comments also include recommendations on complex drug administration coding, inflation-adjusted drug rebates and extending telehealth flexibilities.
Summer 2024’s Awards, Appointments & Announcements in the World of Rheumatology
Dr. Megan Cooper Appointed Director of Pediatric Rheumatology & Immunology Division at WashU Megan A. Cooper, MD, PhD, a physician-scientist recognized internationally for her work in pediatric immunodeficiencies and immune dysregulation, took the reins of the Division of Pediatric Rheumatology and Immunology at Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, as director this past fall….
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