Recent Medscape Physician Lifestyle and Physician Compensation surveys rank rheumatologists in the middle range of physician incomes, and low for career burnout
Tech Talk: Rheumatologists Have Many Options for Providing Patient Education Online
Services to provide and maintain patient-education segments of physicians’ websites become more sophisticated
What Rheumatologists Need to Know About the Physician Payment Sunshine Act
The federal act mandates transparency within physician–industry relationship
Part-Time Work
Key issues to address in your employment or independent contractor agreement
Practice Page
Practice management changes and opportunities in 2012
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Experts discuss the process of becoming “meaningful users” of electronic medical records
Listen to Itara Barnes, ACR senior specialist of health informatics, discuss the meaningful use electronic health record certification process.
Plan Now for ICD-10 Changeover
Coding changes will have an impact on staff, physicians, and even the finances of rheumatology practices
What Makes a “Best Doctor” Best?
Rankings’ publishers tout their approaches, but many rheumatologists are blasé about making the list
Reimbursement Questions? Contact the RAC
The ACR Regional Advisory Council (RAC) met in March to discuss reimbursement issues affecting rheumatologists in various regions. The RAC was established to assist physicians with reimbursement concerns.
Contact Congress Today about Medicare Reimbursement
Changing the Medicare physician reimbursement formula so that it more accurately mirrors the cost of care is a top legislative concern for the ACR this year. The reimbursement scale is currently calculated using the sustainable growth rate (SGR), which is based on the gross domestic product and is irrelevant to medical care. The formula has steadily decreased physician reimbursement since its inception.