ACR anniversary brings thoughts of the past to bear on today’s challenges
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Doctor or Accountant?
Complex coding and reimbursement rules can detract from patient care
Eric Bloodaxe and the Etiology of Paget’s Disease
The Vikings were in need of a few good rheumatologists
Drug Updates
Information on New Approvals and Medication Safety
ARHP Angle: We Need a Few Good Leaders!
Flying back from Cincinnati, where I’d been attending a meeting of the ARHP Committee on Nominations, it occurred to me that some members might be intrigued by the process of how ARHP officers and committee and subcommittee chairs are selected. While I do realize that some members aren’t interested in the structural organization of ARHP, I know some may ask, “Why was she selected and not me?”
Letters
Feedback From Our Readers
Rheumatology Clinical Registry Debuts This Month
Web-based system will ease compliance with PQRI, benchmarking, research
PQRI Now Includes RA Measures Group
In 2008, the only Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) measure that applied to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was disease-modifying antirheumatic drug therapy. For 2009, five new RA measures were included, for a total of six measures in the new RA Measures Group. The five new measures were developed in 2008 by the National Committee for Quality Assurance in collaboration with the ACR and the American Medical Association’s Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement and were subsequently adopted by Medicare.
Drug Updates
Information on safety, labeling changes, and pharmaceutical research
ACR Rheumatology Clinical Registry Coming Soon
The ACR has approved a set of evidence-based quality measures aimed at improving care and drug safety for patients with rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis, and gout.
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