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• REGULATORY

  Calendar of Doom Can Keep You Out of Regulatory HeatThe Calendar of Doom is a brand-new TMA service designed to help you keep up — and comply — with the onslaught of new state and federal regulations and insurance company rules governing medical practices. Our Calendar of Doom lists all of the key deadlines you need to know about and connects you with the resources you need to understand them and lead your practice away from the precipice. 
• TMA PRACTICE E-TIP

  Cigna Physician Ranking Coming in JuneIn June 2012, Cigna physicians will receive a notice of the availability of their preliminary 2013 ranking results and will have the opportunity to review the results, submit inquiries, or request changes or corrections.
• PRACTICE HELP

  TMA Offers Policy & Procedure GuideTMA's Policy and Procedure Guide contains more than 200 up-to-date policies and procedures, tools, sample letters, and forms you can customize for your office. The practical and easy-to-use guide is specific to Texas medical practices and Texas law.
• TMA PRACTICE E-TIP

  Patient Notification of Practice TransitionsIs patient notification required when a solo physician joins a group, sells his or her practice assets to a practice management corporation, or the like?  
• REJOIN TODAY – OUR WORK IS NEVER DONE

  10 Years of Service to the ProfessionWhen the trial lawyers tried to bankroll their high-rolling lifestyle through jackpot justice, the Texas Medical Association and the county societies were there. When the for-profit health care companies tried to tell you how to practice medicine, Texas medicine was there. When the federal government tried to cut your Medicare reimbursement, we were there. When state lawmakers tried to place an onerous tax on your practices, we were there. And when people who never went to medical school decided they could perform procedures they weren't trained to do, we were there.