Objectives:
  • Serve as a focus for the education of its’ members and the practices they serve
  • Serve as a conduit for communication with and through any organization providing rheumatologic needs
  • Through the education, support and mentoring activities of its’ manager members, enhance patient access to affordable, efficient rheumatologic care; and to enhance each members’ ability to provide such care in his/her practice
  • Function as a voice for rheumatology managers
  • Provide a forum for members to network with others whose knowledge base compliments and/or enhances their own
  • Serve as a liaison between members who have special areas of expertise in practice management, and those individuals/practices who are searching for this type of expertise, especially as it pertains to rheumatology
  • Enhance rheumatology advocacy efforts
Board Members:

Linda Merritt, RMM, President
Arthritis Specialists
Practice Manager  
Utica, NY  

David M. Rothhaas, Vice-President
David R. Mandel, MD, Inc.
Practice Administrator
Mayfield Village, OH

Sherry Holt, At Large Member
Kansas City Internal Medicine
Kansas City, Missouri
Ethel Owens, At-Large Member
Administrator
Arthritis & Rheumatology Associates
West Palm Beach, FL
Donnie Craig, CMOM, At-Large Member
Martin Berry, MD, Inc.
Practice Manager
Bakersfield, CA
Karen Grace, At-Large Member
Arthritic Clinic
Administrator
Jackson, TN
Cathy Evans
Arthritis & Osteoporosis Center, PC
Practice Manager
Billings, MO
Helen Hinkle
Rheumatology Associates of South Texas
Office Administrator
San Antonio, TX
Iris Nichols
Arthritis and Osteoporosis Consultants of the Carolinas
Practice Administrator
Charlotte, NC
Marji Collings, Past President
Premier Healthcare Associates, Inc
Richmond, VA
Reuben Allen, CSRO Liaison
Allen Consulting
Wilmington, NC
Tammala Bulger, Administrative Director