Rheumatology

WASHINGTON — Increased reimbursement and expanded educational opportunities are two key solutions to the workforce shortage in adult and pediatric rheumatology, according to two speakers at ACR Convergence 2024.

In this Healio video exclusive, Leonard Calabrese, DO, chief medical editor of Healio Rheumatology, shouts out key stories in the August issue, including an in-depth cover on language barriers as a major driver of health care disparities.

The Healio Rheumatology staff have won the APEX Award for Writing/Topics – Health & Medical Writing for the cover story, “‘Moral imperative’ to address physician burnout emerges in wake of COVID-19 pandemic.”

For the seventh consecutive year, Johns Hopkins has been named the best hospital for rheumatology in the United States by U.S. News & World Report.

In this video exclusive, Leonard Calabrese, DO, chief medical editor of Healio Rheumatology, highlights what he describes as “an outstanding roundtable” in the June issue on advanced practice providers’ expanding role in rheumatology care.

Pediatric rheumatology patients could be considered ready to transfer to adult care if they score greater than 4 on the Transition Readiness Assessment Questionnaire, according to data published in Rheumatology.

Historically, women have received far fewer rheumatology awards than men, a trend that is changing — albeit slowly.

Without prompt reform of Medicare reimbursement, which has failed to keep pace with the rising operation costs of rheumatology practice, rheumatologists may have no choice but to opt out of the Medicare program, noted Christina Downey, MD.