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On Oct. 24, 2023, Debra Houry, MD, MPH, chief medical officer and deputy director for program and science at the CDC, issued a grim warning to members of the media: Burnout among health care workers “has reached crisis levels.”

In 2023, Healio had questions, the experts had answers.

Pediatric rheumatology fellowship programs filled just 61.5% of available slots for 2024 in the National Resident Matching Program, while nearly all adult program slots were filled, according to the American College of Rheumatology.

SAN DIEGO — A 12-week, remote training program improved rheumatoid arthritis knowledge and clinical behaviors among PCPs in underserved Native American populations across the United States, according to speaker at ACR Convergence 2023.

SAN DIEGO — American College of Rheumatology members continue to meet challenges in patient care and advocacy despite the workforce shortage and COVID-19, President Douglas White, MD, PhD said in his welcome speech at ACR Convergence 2023.

The looming cut to the CMS conversion factor in 2024 means that payments for physician services may not be enough to keep up with inflation, the American College of Rheumatology said in a press release.

PHILADELPHIA — Improvements in access to transplant, workforce issues and the impact of dialysis treatments on the environment have been a focus for the American Society of Nephrology in the past year, the outgoing ASN president said here.

My father and grandfather were physicians in Kansas City, Missouri, where I grew up.

The American College of Rheumatology has called on CMS to extend current telehealth flexibilities — initiated at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic — through 2024, according to a press release.

Rheumatologists generate approximately $3.5 million in revenue per year for health care systems, and save nearly $3,000 per patient for hospitals and practices, according to a new whitepaper released by the American College of Rheumatology.