News & Advocacy
posted: November 10, 2016
What does it mean now that the businessman from New York, Donald J. Trump, will be the next President of the United States? For starters, President-Elect Trump has been a vocal advocate of...
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posted: November 10, 2016
Ohioans may remember the Ohio Drug Price Relief Act that the Ohio Supreme Court ruled invalid due to questionable signatures gathered by the Aids Healthcare Foundation back in August. That same...
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posted: November 10, 2016
The Republican majorities in the U.S. House and Senate were considered at-risk by many political analysts going into election night on Tuesday. However, not much changed throughout the United...
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posted: November 10, 2016
The OAR has been preparing to engage lawmakers post-election as session in the House and Senate is scheduled to reconvene beginning next week. Step therapy and biosimilar substitution legislation...
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posted: May 1, 2016
Advocates have been scrambling to engage Ohio legislators as the General Assembly prepares to adjourn for summer break. The OAR has actively advocated in support of several key issues this session...
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posted: May 1, 2016
As the OAR provides opportunities for advocacy, it is important that the individual advocate prepare for future engagement with policymakers. To help, the OAR government relations team has provided...
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posted: May 1, 2016
Coalition of State Rheumatology Organizations (CSRO) testified before the Subcommittee on Health in opposition to the recent Medicare Part B Demo proposed by CMS.
The hearing, "The...
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posted: April 21, 2016
Presented by Ohio Association of Rheumatology and Arthritis Foundation
Columbus, OhioLeft: Rep. Dorothy Pelanda
Right: Rep. Steve HuffmanOhio Association of Rheumatology and the Arthritis...
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posted: April 1, 2016
The Ohio Drug Price Relief Act has been an ongoing ballot initiative started by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which is located in Los Angeles, California and the Ohioans for Fair Drug Prices. The...
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posted: April 1, 2016
The Ohio legislature has seen little activity for the beginning of the 2016 legislative season thus far. Moving forward, April and May could prove to be vital months for current legislation OAR has...
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posted: April 1, 2016
The OAR has been reviewing complaints from members about changes to complex chemo codes by Ohio’s MAC carrier, CGS. CGS and other MAC’s around the country have recently been...
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posted: April 1, 2016
More than 300 groups, including the Ohio Association of Rheumatology, are urging House and Senate leadership to press CMS to permanently withdraw the Innovation Center experiment to overhaul...
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posted: January 5, 2016
It saddens me to let you know that Dr. Evelyn Hess passed away on December 25, 2015. On behalf of OAR, we were honored to select Dr. Hess to receive the 1st OAR Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013...
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posted: May 1, 2015
Ohio’s District 46 Representative, Michael Sheehy (center) with OAR Board Member, Dr. Edward Goldberger (left) at May 2015 in-house practice visit.In May, Ohio State Representative Michael...
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posted: April 14, 2015
Ohio Association of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Foundation joined together for the 2nd Annual Advocacy Day on Tuesday, April 14, 2015. Advocacy Day was a great opportunity for physicians, nurses...
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posted: May 17, 2013
LANCASTER — Dr. Stephanie Ott, a rheumatologist with Fairfield Medical Center and an instructor at the Ohio UniversityHeritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, was recently chosen by her...
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