Practice Management News

Multidisciplinary strategies combining physical and psychological strategies were the most effective for patients with hypermobility spectrum disorders or Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, according to a systematic review.

Fatigue in patients with inflammatory rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases should be addressed with tailored physical activity, psychoeducational interventions or possibly immunomodulatory treatment, according to EULAR recommendations.

Patients with autoimmune disease demonstrate a 30% higher risk for perinatal depression, while those with perinatal depression have a 30% higher risk for subsequent autoimmune disease, according to data published in Molecular Psychiatry.

Artificial intelligence may have a role in the early detection of rheumatic heart disease using mitral regurgitation jet analysis, according to study findings published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

CMS has finalized a new final rule that aims to shorten prior authorization timelines and streamline processes to remove barriers to patient care, according to a press release.

It is odd how chance events shape our careers and illuminate hidden paths for us.

In patients with pemphigus vulgaris and pemphigus foliaceus, adjuvant immunoadsorption did not lessen the time to clinical remission, according to a study.

Poverty and chronic inflammation together may have a “synergistic” impact leading to higher all-cause mortality, including a 127% increased heart disease mortality risk and a 196% higher risk for cancer mortality, according to data.

WAILEA, Hawaii — Health care law trends in 2023 were telehealth, whistleblowers, physician referrals and a more intense focus on compliance by providers and practices, according to a law expert speaking at Hawaiian Eye/Retina 2024.

Last autumn, the availability of the 2023-2024 updated COVID-19 vaccines, which more closely targeted the then-dominant XBB omicron subvariant lineage, promised to restore protections that had waned over time.