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MACRA Monday: BMI screening and follow-up
Calculating one patient’s BMI and developing a follow-up plan could help you avoid a 4% MIPS penalty.
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Nearly all rheumatology slots filled on Specialty Match Day
“Rheumatology did very, very well this year, even better than last year, although it was comparable,” Anne Bass, MD, said.
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Health disparities in rural America: Chronic conditions
Black and American Indian/Alaska Native adults most likely to have multiple chronic health conditions.
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TNFi response evaluations may conflict when fibromyalgia, axial SpA coexist
The presence of both diseases seems to affect response to TNF blockers – but only in self-reported instruments used to evaluate patients.
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MedPAC: Ditch meaningful use, patient measures under MIPS
WASHINGTON – Population-level outcomes measures are the key focus of a proposed program to replace Medicare’s new MIPS program.
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Novel oral orphan drug tames pemphigus
The Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitor is also under study for other autoimmune diseases.
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Flare of nonradiographic axial SpA occurs often after adalimumab withdrawal for remission
Many patients couldn’t get back into remission when adalimumab was reinstated.
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Nonadherence to lupus drugs may play a role in frequent hospitalization
SAN DIEGO – A higher risk for hospitalization also occurred among young, male, and African-American patients.
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Rheumatology 911: Inside the rheumatologic emergency
SAN DIEGO – Clinical intuition is key to handling medical crises in rheumatology, Dr. Bharat Kumar says.
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FDA recommends voluntary recall of Limbrel
“Health care providers who are aware that their patients are taking Limbrel should advise them to immediately stop taking the product,” the FDA...
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ABIM to allow do-overs for all subspecialties with Knowledge Check-In
The option had been available only for internal medicine and nephrology.