Texas Medicine Today - January 2025

Jan. 31, 2025

• Participate in Practice Acquisition Survey to Inform Advocacy
• Check Eligibility for Medicare Bonus Following Annual HPSA Update
• Fees to Remain Unchanged for Federal Surprise Billing Dispute Resolution
• Doctor’s Orders to ‘Eat Healthy’ Bolstered by Updated FDA Metrics

Jan. 29, 2025  

• Check Eligibility for Medicare Bonus Following Annual HPSA Update
• Physicians Benevolent Fund Bolstered by Ongoing TMAIT Gift Pledge

Jan. 28, 2025

• Fees to Remain Unchanged for Federal Surprise Billing Dispute Resolution
• Participate in AMA Practice Acquisition Survey to Inform Advocacy

 Jan. 27, 2025

• Legislative Priority: Enhance Medicaid Payments and Coverage

Jan. 24, 2025

• Legislative Priority: Protect Immunizations to Protect Public Health

Jan. 23, 2025

• Doctor’s Orders to ‘Eat Healthy’ Bolstered by Updated FDA Metrics
• Legislative Priority: Improve Women’s Health

Jan. 22, 2024 - TMA was closed due to inclement weather

Jan. 21, 2025

• Legislative Priority: Regulate and Balance AI Use in Medicine
• How Karen Batory’s 35-year TMA Career Advanced Health Equity

Jan. 16, 2025

• Physicians Rally Around TMA Legislative Priorities at Inaugural Virtual Event
• Legislative Priority: Expand Access to Care with Telemedicine Payment Parity

Jan. 15, 2025

• Legislative Priority: Safeguard Medical Liability Protections

Jan. 14, 2025

• Teens Vulnerable to Social Media Harm, Exploitation, TMA Tells Legislators
• Legislative Priority: Strike Balance on Noncompete Agreements
• Six Ways to Get Involved in TMA Advocacy

Jan. 13, 2025

• Congress Extends Medicare Telehealth Waivers, Payment for Audio-Only Visits
• Legislative Priority: Protect Medicine from Corporate Influence

Jan. 10, 2025

• Landmark Antitrust Settlement in BCBS Case Granted Preliminary Approval
• Medicine Faces New House Leadership, Budget Surplus, More in Texas Session
• How TMA Helped This Physician Fight Depression, Financial Stress

Jan. 9, 2025

• Physicians Can Help Dispel Myths to Ease the Syphilis Epidemic
• Legislative Priority: Reform Prior Authorization
• DSHS Updates Patient Education Resource for Prenatal Practitioners

Jan. 8, 2025

• Landmark Antitrust Settlement in BCBS Case Granted Preliminary Approval
• Legislative Priority: Guard Against Scope of Practice Expansion
• How TMA Helped This Physician Fight Depression, Financial Stress

Jan. 7, 2025

• Overcoming Obstacles This Legislative Session
• Virtual Scribes Enhanced Relationships Between Patients and Physicians
• CMS Lifts Ban on Texting Patient Care Orders
• Senate Committee Tackles Scope of Practice in Access-to-Care Hearing
• TMB Continues to Clarify New Fingerprinting Requirement
• Aetna Set to Pay Medicare Advantage G2211 Claims
• G-Code Payment Frustration Persists With Inconsistent Implementation

Jan. 6, 2025

• TMB Continues to Clarify New Fingerprinting Requirement
• Aetna Set to Pay Medicare Advantage G2211 Claims
• G-Code Payment Frustration Persists With Inconsistent Implementation
• Long COVID Definition Created to Help Physicians, Patients
• With FTC Rule in Limbo, Texas Legislature to Reconsider Noncompetes
• AMA Identifies Top Specialties That Spend Most Time in EHR

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