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State Warns of Minutes Solicitation
Texas Secretary of State Hope Andrade is warning incorporated businesses that a Los Angeles company calling itself the "Office of The Compliance Recorder" is mailing an official-looking document that claims directors and shareholders could face personal liability and loss of limited liability status if they do not complete an Annual Minutes Disclosure Statement. More...
Three Settlements Net Texas Physicians $11 Million to Date
Thanks to TMA’s work on the national antiracketeering, class-action lawsuits against the nation’s largest health plans , Texas physicians and their patients are seeing big changes in how the plans run their businesses. While those changes were the primary goal of our suits, we’ve also won hundreds of millions nationally in repayment for previous abuses. Counting just the settlements with Aetna, CIGNA, and WellPoint, Texas physicians have recovered nearly $11 million so far. More payments will follow from settlements with other plans for those who filed claims during the filing period for each settlement. The most recent settlement, which includes Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas, involves a guaranteed cash payment of more than $128 million nationwide. TMA will alert you when the time arrives for filing claims in that case.
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FAQs
Answers to the legal questions most commonly asked of TMA.
Articles and Papers
These commentaries from the TMA Office of the General Counsel explain legal issues that affect the practice of medicine in Texas, such as handling as medical records and obtaining patient consent.
Contracting
Managed care contracts can be a jungle of legal language; the TMA Office of General Counsel identifies some of the contract clauses of which physicians should be aware.
Court Cases and Decisions
Check out one of the latest court cases TMA is working on to protect your practice, your patients, and reimbursements. For example, TMA joined other state medical associations and individuals in an antiracketeering (RICO) class-action lawsuit alleging that insurers engaged in racketeering by maintaining claims processing practices and systems that lowered physician reimbursement.
Medical Ethics
Look here for guidance on appropriate standards of conduct for the physician as well as links to ethics continuing medical education courses and tools such as a “do not resuscitate” form.
Physician Licensure
Visit this section for everything you need to know about continuing medical education requirements and renewing your medical license.
Regulatory
These links provide information and resources for all things CLIA, ERISA, EMTALA, HIPAA, OSHA, and more.
NOTICE: The Office of the General Counsel provides legal representation for TMA in its activities and assists county medical societies physicians and their attorneys and the public with questions regarding medical law. The Office of the General Counsel of the Texas Medical Association provides this information with the express understanding that 1) no attorney-client relationship exists, 2) neither TMA nor its attorneys are engaged in providing legal advice and 3) that the information is of a general character. You should not rely on this information when dealing with personal legal matters; rather legal advice from retained legal counsel should be sought.
Last Published: 8/18/2009 Print this page
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