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Persistent Pain Merits Better Access to Psychosocial Care, Group Says

Will Boggs MD  |  

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—People with persistent pain need better access to psychosocial care, according to a position statement from the Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM). “Psychosocial approaches to pain management need to be available for all individuals with persistent pain in all healthcare settings,” Dr. E. Amy Janke from the University of the Sciences, in…

Rheumatologist Shortage Looms Amid Surging Patient Demand

Lisa Rapaport  |  

(Reuters Health)—A growing number of patients are seeking care from rheumatologists for chronic health problems like arthritis, back pain and osteoporosis, just as the supply of specialists is shrinking, two new studies suggest. An estimated 6,013 clinicians in the U.S. specialized in rheumatology as of 2015, the equivalent of 5,415 full-time providers, according to one…

Arthritis Crisis: It’s Time to Act

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Funding drives arthritis research breakthroughs and prevention programs, and advocates from the ACR, Arthritis Foundation and the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) pitched funding increases to lawmakers at a lunchtime briefing held Feb. 1 in Washington, D.C., in cooperation with the Congressional Arthritis Caucus. During the briefing, titled $300 Billion Crisis: The High Cost…

ACGME Milestones Debated at ACR: Does the Milestones System Ask too many Questions?

Larry Beresford  |  

Milestones are at the core of the current system designed to evaluate medical residency and fellowship programs and their participants. But are all milestones meaningful for medical education? This idea was at the center of a debate during the 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting, during which speakers explored the advantages and drawbacks of using training milestones for rheumatology fellowships…

ACR in Action: A Look at ACR Activities That Support Your Practice

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Rheumatologists working in every practice setting face a number of challenges that can seem insurmountable. How do you cost-effectively manage administrative burdens? How do you establish an efficient and effective approach to capturing quality metrics? How do you maintain the critical elements of the care you provide, such as diagnostic musculoskeletal ultrasound and patient access…

RISE Readiness for MIPS in 2018

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In 2018, all providers will have to submit an entire year’s worth of their quality measure data to the CMS. After 2017, the transition year, the requirements and performance thresholds begin to increase. The CMS is still heavily incentivizing participation in a Qualified Clinical Data Registry (QCDR), such as the RISE registry, for reporting in…

Amazon, Berkshire, JPMorgan Partner to Cut U.S. Healthcare Costs

Caroline Humer & David Henry  |  

NEW YORK (Reuters)—Amazon.com Inc., Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. said on Tuesday they will form a company to cut health costs for hundreds of thousands of their employees, setting up a major challenge to an inefficient U.S. healthcare system. The move by three of the best-known U.S. business leaders—Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Berkshire’s…