Texas Medicine Today - October 2026

Oct. 29, 2026

• Individual Health Insurance Enrollments Drop in Texas Following Changes to ACA Market Plans

Oct. 28, 2026

• TMA Foundation Gala Chairs Are Off to the Races in Houston 

Oct. 27, 2026

• ONC Rolls Out HIPAA Security Risk Assessment Tool Updates
• Showcase Your Research at TexMed 2027 Poster Session
• Central Texas Physician Planning Upgrades Through Rural Texas Strong Grant

Oct. 26, 2026

• Lawsuit Over TDI’s Network Adequacy Rules Likely Delayed by Joint Request
• Houston Health to Host Measles Tabletop After Montgomery County Cases

Oct. 23, 2026

• Recertify in PEMS to Keep Serving Healthy Texas Women
• TMA President Shares 8-Point Health Care Plan
• TMA Urges Texas Supreme Court to Uphold Corporate Practice of Medicine Doctrine

Oct. 22, 2026

• TMA CME Credits Reported Automatically to CE Broker

Oct. 21, 2026

• In Potential Landmark Corporate Practice of Medicine Case, TMA Backs Physician Autonomy

Oct. 20, 2026

• Recertify in PEMS to Keep Serving Healthy Texas Women
• Watch TMA President's 8 Points for Health Care Reform

Oct. 19, 2026

• TMA On Tour: September 2026
• Texas BookShare Supports Aspiring Eagle Scout’s Youth Literacy Goals
• Med Students Power Vaccine Distribution with TMA Grants

Oct. 16, 2026

• Comptroller Moves to End Texas’ Medical Records Sales Tax After Meeting with TMA
• Payment for Some Third-Party Remote Patient Monitoring at Risk in Proposed Medicare Fee Schedule
• Rural Texas Strong Sends First Grants to 68 Hospital Districts

Oct. 15, 2026

• Medicine Solidifies Research-Driven Respiratory Illness Vaccine Recommendations

Oct. 14, 2026

• Meet the Leadership College Graduate: Surabhi Kaul, MD
• Comptroller Moves to End Texas’ Medical Records Sales Tax After Meeting with TMA

Oct. 13, 2026 

• Leadership College Graduate: Jennifer Nordhauser, MD
• Payment for Some Third-Party Remote Patient Monitoring at Risk in Proposed Medicare Fee Schedule

Oct. 12, 2026

• Meet the Leadership College Graduate: Milan Shah, MD
• First Round of Rural Texas Strong Funds Go Out to Certain Hospital Districts

• New CPT Codes Address Maternity Care, AI – But Payment Questions Remain
• FBI Warns of Recent Medical License Scams
• Texas Physicians Press Lawmakers to Protect Health Care Safety Net

Oct. 8, 2026

• Meet the Leadership College Graduate: Swati Pradeep, DO 
• New CPT Codes Address Maternity Care, AI – But Payment Questions Remain

• Meet the 2026 Leadership College Graduate: Chantal Mendes, MD

Oct. 6, 2026

• Meet the 2026 Leadership College Graduate: Victoria Chang, MD 
• FBI Warns of Recent Medical License Scams

• ONC Rolls Out HIPAA Security Risk Assessment Tool Updates
• Meet the 2026 Leadership College Graduate: Olaniyi Olayinka, MD 
• Medicine Urges Funding for Medicaid, Safety Net Programs as ‘Backbone’ of Texas Health Care 

Oct. 2, 2026

• ‘Patients First Act’ Calls for Needed Medicare Physician Payment Fix
• State Nutrition Advisory Committee Serves Up Guidelines to Shape CME, Med School Curriculum
• Mandatory Ambulatory Specialty Model Moves Ahead Despite Medicine’s Concerns
• Pregnant Women in Texas Need Access to Critical Health Services, TMA Tells Lawmakers

• Meet the 2026 Leadership College Graduate: Austin Lunney, MD
• ‘You Can Feel the Emotion’: Cameron-Willacy Alliance Helps Families Process Infant Loss
• ‘Patients First Act’ Calls for Needed Medicare Physician Payment Fix

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