Practice Innovation Summit
About the Event
Date:October 24–25, 2025
Location:Chicago, IL
Credit:CME: 5.50 (for the Review Course)
On Demand:Available*
Member registration is open. General registration opens June 25.
This inaugural pre-ACR Convergence practice management program is a must-attend event for rheumatology professionals seeking to build smarter, stronger, and financially sustainable practices. Designed specifically for clinicians, practice managers, and interprofessional team members in community and private practice settings, this dynamic two-day summit provides the actionable strategies and expert insights needed to build a thriving private practice in today’s evolving healthcare landscape.
*Portions of these sessions will be available on demand after the meeting to registered attendees until October 10, 2026.
Target Audience
Rheumatologists in private/community settings, practice and office managers, advanced practice providers and interprofessional team members and professionals unable to attend ACR Convergence but looking for valuable business and clinical education.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Develop and implement a rheumatology infusion program by identifying facility requirements, staffing needs, and essential operational workflows.
- Improve patient care and experience through strategies that enhance patient flow, comfort, and quality during infusion therapy.
- Analyze and apply billing and reimbursement strategies for ancillary services to improve financial sustainability.
- Identify and evaluate ancillary revenue opportunities such as imaging, physical therapy, and clinical trials for integration into rheumatology practices.
- Integrate new team members effectively by designing workflows that incorporate advanced practice providers (APPs) and new physicians into patient care models.
- Negotiate and manage insurance contracts using data-driven strategies to secure favorable terms and prepare for value-based and risk-based payment models.
Program Schedule & Syllabi
ACR Convergence 2025 Online Program
Practice Innovation Summit Program 2025 Schedule
Registered attendees can access the syllabi during the meeting and for 12 months after the meeting. To access syllabi, login and go to My Learning.
Registration Fees
ACR/ARP Member: $699
Potential Member: $799
Registration/Hotel Guidelines
Full payment is due at the time of registration. You are not required to register for ACR Convergence, but your badge will limit access to ACR Convergence events beginning on Sunday, October 26.
Online registrations receive immediate email confirmation.If you do not receive a confirmation, check your spam/junk folder and then call 864-541-0760.
Cancellations Policy
- No cancellations or refunds are accepted.
- No-shows will not receive a refund.
Acknowledgement of Commercial Support
No commercial support was provided for this activity.
CME details to be announced.
ACR Disclosure Statement
It is the policy of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) to ensure that Continuing Medical Education (CME) activities are independent and free of commercial bias. To ensure educational content is objective, balanced, and guarantee content presented is in the best interest of its learners' and the public, the ACR requires that everyone in a position to control educational content disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies within the prior 24 months. An ineligible company is one whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Examples can be found at accme.org.
In accordance with the ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, ACR has implemented mechanisms prior to the planning and implementation of this CME activity to identify and mitigate all relevant financial relationships for all individuals in a position to control the content of this CME activity.
Nature of Financial Relationships
All individuals that participate in an ACR-sponsored activity and are able to change content or influence the content of the activity must disclose to the planning committee and audience all financial or other relationships with ineligible companies including, but not limited to:
- Advisor or review panel member
- Consultant
- Employee
- Officer or Board Member
- Grant/research support
- Speaker/honoraria includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness
- Independent contractor
- Executive role and/or ownership interest
- Royalties and/or patient beneficiary
- Intellectual property/patents
- Stock options or bond holdings in a for-profit corporation or self-directed pension plan
- Private investigator
- Expert witness
- Equity interest
- Other: specify details
None: Has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
The planning committee and faculty reported the following disclosures.
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All participants that created and/or were able to influence the content and delivery of this activity reported the following disclosures. All of the relevant financial relationships listed have been mitigated.
Practice Innovation Summit 2025 Financial Relationships Disclosures to be announced.