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Rising Physician Exclusion from Medicare and Medicaid

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JAMA Network Open has published that an increasing number of physicians are being excluded from Medicare and other forms of public insurance. 

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Cryotherapy Never FDA Approved

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Another injury related to whole body cryotherapy (WBC) has been reported by practitioners in Philadelphia, serving as yet another warning of WBC's potential to cause serious adverse effects.

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RheumNow Podcast – Vasculitis and Strange Bedfellows (12.14.18)

d Jack Cush, MD

Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news from the past week on RheumNow.com. 

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CDC Top 15 Most Common Opioid Overdose Drugs

d Jack Cush, MD

The Dec. 12 issue of the National Vital Statistics Reports from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that the most commonly abused drugs causing drug overdose deaths (between 2011-2016) include fentanyl, heroin, oxycodone, and cocaine.

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Psoriatic Arthritis Does Not Add to Pregnancy Problems

d Jack Cush, MD

When psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients become pregnant, they do not have more infertility or adverse pregnancy outcomes compared to healthy controls.

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RheumNow Podcast is up - Vasculitis and strange bedfellows. Watch here https://t.co/SEw0RojCBB or listen on iTunes or here https://t.co/8StKrqV11F

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Check out Vinay Prasads @VPplenarysesh Plenary Session Podcast that discusses studies on Fish oils and MTX in cardiology - the CIRT NEJM study appears at 35:23 - interesting to hear non-Rheum views on this approach https://t.co/MQCWLYgEnD

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Metanalysis of 24 PPI studies, 319,568 hip fracture pts, suggests PPIs associated with a greater risk of hip fracture (RR 1.20, 95% CI 1.14–1.28, p < 0.0001) and may be greater with higher dose (RR 1.30, 95% CI 1.20–1.40, p < 0.0001). https://t.co/nbiEIPRaXg

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Len Calabrese says its about time Rheumatologists tap into new ways of learning - social media, the ACR Meeting App, Websites covering the meetings and journals. Time to get on the bus! https://t.co/pRdJqGv3OM

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Study of 1.8 million Psoriasis pts in RCTs shows a ~1.7 fold increased risk of Crohn Dz & ulcerative colitis. Study of 5. 9 millions with Pso in Cohort studies finds a 2.5-fold increased risk of Crohns and a 1.7-fold increased risk of ulcerative colitis https://t.co/3Ccl2VR8iz

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With irAEs arthralgias snd arthritis are common, but also can present as tendinitis tenosynovitis, dactylitis, PMR and most are seronegative https://t.co/WRvczdEsh9
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Bing Bingham MD talking on immune related adverse events (MSK and autoimmune). Says these occur in 3-5% of cancer pts treated with Checkpoint inhibitors. Unofficial surveys show nearly 50% of Rheums have seen these referrals. #MARS #ARTHROS https://t.co/yZHMQjpMz8
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Read my take on why TWITTER can be a + force in the field of RHEUM! @RheumNow @psufka RonanTKavanaugh @AWIRGOUP @creakyjoints @ACRheum @EULAR_org Social Media as a Creative/Disruptive Force in Rheumatology (or Why I Now Tweet) https://t.co/hvRyEREFvu

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Best Rheums go to the Best Meetings - RHEUMNOW LIVE - the next best Rheum CME meeting - Interactive panels, digital interface, Downloads, Shot Lectures, Big Name Faculty. Special discounted Holiday Registration rates. March 22-24 2019 in Ft Worth, TX https://t.co/5TVg0Frsbf

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While flu activity is starting to rise in US, CDC issued Updated Influenza Antiviral Medications Summary for Clinicians | CDC. **DON’T USE: Amantadine OR Rimantidine to Tx flu ** ⁦@RheumNow⁩ ⁦@CDCFlu⁩ https://t.co/6W26hBEQvF

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Comparison of pediatric (214) and adult (5348) GPA pts shows Pediatric GPA to have 30% more hospitalizations and 2-3 fold more leukopenia, neutropenia, hypogamma than adults. No diff in severe infections, major relapse, ESRD. https://t.co/Q1qX80RJDK

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By turning my back to the EMR, looking 1 on 1 at the patient and letting the patient tell their story, I collect more information, trust and goodness than I would ever from by reading reams of reports and results and "documenting"

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No differences seen in the rates of major adverse CV events (MACE) between RA, axial SpA or PsA pts, suggesting inflammation, rather than a disease, drives CV risk. Data from a Swiss mixed retrospective/prospective cohort study https://t.co/Kn8a8tWId9

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I find my self thinking or saying, "what were you thinking", "oh no, say it isnt so" or "what?!!?!" when I shoud say "maybe another/better way would be.." or "I think the next time you should try...." and "my other patients find that when you it this way...."

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Too often doctors think their job is to know the answer and fix the problem. All too often, strangely and surprisingly, that isnt what the patient wants or needs. They need someone who cares, doesnt judge behaviors and displays a pulse and personality

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