Wisconsin Rheumatology Association (WRA) 2016 Annual Meeting

Wisconsin Rheumatology Association (WRA) 2016 Annual Meeting is organized by Wisconsin Rheumatology Association (WRA) and would be held during Mar 4-5, 2016 at The American Club, Kohler,Wisconsin, United States Of America. The targeted audience for this medical event basically for Rheumatologists. This CME conference has been approved with 14.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

Objectives:

At the conclusion of the WRA 2016 Annual Meeting, attendees should be able to:

- Explain key genetic studies and their relevance to scleroderma.
- Describe how cell based and animal model studies might help to identify more effective and targeted therapies for SSc.
- Explain current approaches to diagnosis and classification of SSc.
- Employ evidence based approaches to management of SSc.
- Explain monitoring and precautions when treating RA patients with biologic and small molecule medications.
- Describe the basic structure of government policies, especially as they pertain to rheumatologic disease.
- Explain legislative trends regarding practice management and private payer reform of impact to the medical community and rheumatologists throughout the country and related proposals in Wisconsin.
- Formulate a more thorough understanding of practice management and administrative simplification measures, including uniform prior authorization forms, fair contracting and insurance transparency, and how they will impact practice management and patient care.
- Identify the most recent legislative updates from the Wisconsin Medical Society, the State and Federal governments.
- Identify the most expensive components of physician choices in providing patient care.
- Identify new strategies to avoid insurers trying to micromanage their clinical practice.
- Recognize the responsibility of insurers to share resource use information with care teams, and realize that working WITH the payers instead of against them is the surest way to minimize overburdening paperwork, denials, prior authorizations etc.
- Describe several options for dealing with a large student loan burden.
- Identify how to obtain unbiased financial advice and an appropriate price to pay for it.