Advocacy Articles

• PUBLIC HEALTH

  Disappearing DrugsAustin oncologist Debra Patt, MD, MPH, recalls one of the scariest moments in her career. In December 2010, she discovered an Austin hospital had run out of the cytarabine she needed for a patient with acute myelogenous leukemia, a fast-progressing cancer that typically takes a patient's life within three months if he or she is not treated quickly and properly.  
• Representing You

  Medicine Warns of Brewing Regulatory StormPhysicians face an "imminent storm" of mass confusion caused by overlapping regulatory mandates and reporting requirements from multiple federal programs unless federal officials do something to prevent it, TMA and other state and national medical societies warn in a letter to Centers or Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Director Marilyn Tavenner.
• LEGAL

  Appeals Court Backs TMA in Chiro LawsuitTexas chiropractors may not perform needle electromyography (EMG) or manipulation under anesthesia (MUA), the Third Court of Appeals ruled earlier this month.
• HEALTH SYSTEM REFORM

  Find It, Fix It, Keep ItAffordable Care Act: Find What’s Missing. Keep What Works. Fix What’s Broken.
• ADVOCACY

  50 Years of AdvocacyThe Texas Medical Association Political Action Committee (TEXPAC) celebrates its 50th anniversary. Founded in 1962 when political action committees were still in their infancy, TEXPAC grew over the intervening decades to become one of the premier political action committees in Texas.