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Originally published in Helio Rheumatology Across the country, practicing physicians are experiencing increasing levels of burnout, and rheumatologists are no different, according to national data and experts in the field. Burnout — which occurs when work or personal pressures exceed an individual’s ability to cope with them — can manifest as physical and mental responses. …

Burnout, Not Otherwise Specified: Defining, Addressing Rheumatologist Burnout Read More »

Originally published in The Rheumatologist Concerns about how the Trump administration’s ideas to lower drug prices could reduce patient access to medicines led the ACR to speak out on many different fronts. On June 25, at a briefing hosted by the ACR and the National Psoriasis Foundation (NPF), a packed room of Congressional staffers and …

ACR & NPF Highlight Medicare Access Challenges in Capitol Hill Briefing Read More »

Originally published in The Commonwealth Fund Physicians are proposing new ways of delivering and paying for care that take aim at a key shortcoming of the nation’s fee-for-service system: lack of payment for some high-value services. Their condition-specific models encourage adherence to evidence-based guidelines and reductions in avoidable hospitalizations and testing that has little benefit. …

In Focus: Physician-Led Efforts to Promote Value Read More »

Originally published in The Rheumatologist If you had asked Ray Waldrup in 1981 what he would be doing in 2018, serving as the CEO of the largest rheumatology practice in the U.S. would probably not have been his first guess. Back then, as a young college student in Georgia, Mr. Waldrup took a job at …

Running a Big Rheumatology Practice Requires Learning, Communication Read More »

Originally published in The Rheumatologist Colin Edgerton, MD, FACP, RhMSUS, learned many things during his tenure as a rheumatologist and U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, including how to lead large, facility-based medical operations. Combining this knowledge with his current role as a partner in Articularis Healthcare, the largest single-specialty rheumatology private practice in the U.S., Dr. …

Bringing a Public & Private Practice Perspective to the ACR: A conversation with CORC Chair Colin Edgerton, MD, FACP, RhMSUS Read More »

Originally Published in Value Based Care Rheumatology Washington, DC – In late January 2017, experts congregated on Capitol Hill on behalf of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) and the Arthritis Foundation to hold a congressional briefing titled Arthritis 101, according to a press statement by the ACR. The purpose of the briefing was to …

Rheumatology Experts Hold Briefing To Educate Congressional Leaders On Arthritis And Its Effects Read More »

Originally Published in The Rheumatologist On Jan. 31, the ACR partnered with the Arthritis Foundation to host an Arthritis 101 Congressional briefing on Capitol Hill. Panelists educated new and returning members of Congress and their staffers about arthritis and other rheumatic diseases, the cost and impact of rheumatic disease to constituents and the U.S. healthcare …

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