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Program: Scientific Session
General Topic: Business of Rheumatology

Reimagine Your Practice: The Direct Patient Care Model

Sunday, October 26, 2025
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Central Time

    Moderator(s)

  • ZF

    Zachary Fellows, MD, RhMSUS

    Synergy Rheumatology PC
    Carlsbad, California, United States

    Disclosure(s): Eli Lilly: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Kyowa Kirin: Advisor or Review Panel Member (Terminated, December 31, 2024)

    • Session Coordinator(s)

  • HG

    Haidy Galous, MD

    UTSW
    Southlake, Texas, United States

    Disclosure information not submitted.

With the changing landscape related to reimbursement, regulatory mandates, and staffing shortages, this session will provide information on how to transition your practice to a direct specialty care model.

Learning Objectives:

  • Identify challenges in your current practice
  • List factors in your practice that support a transition to direct patient care delivery model
  • Formulate next steps to transition your current practice

Presentations:

  • 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM Central Time
    Transition to the Direct Patient Care Model

    Speaker: Saimun Singla, DO,FACR – Rheum to Grow

  • 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM Central Time
    How to Maintain Direct Patient Care

    Speaker: Diana Girnita, MD, PhD – Rheumatologist OnCall