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  • Knowledge Center FAQs - 9/14/2022 9:07:58 PM

    Get answers to frequently asked questions through the Knowledge Center.

  • Knowledge Center Library Resources - 9/14/2022 9:07:58 PM

    e-Resources Access Page for TMA Members Only.

  • Ask TMA - 9/14/2022 9:07:58 PM

    Get all your answers to questions about your TMA membership, registering for TMA event, practice management, TMA's work in Congress and the Legislature. Access TMA's online collection of medical publications. Ask a librarian.

  • iconDeath Certificate Problems Being Addressed, State Says - 9/19/2024 3:26:01 PM

    State health officials say they have brought down wait times for technical assistance and corrected other issues associated with the rollout of the new TxEVER system for registering death and birth certificates. Since TxEVER launched Jan. 1, ...

  • iconState Working to Clear Confusion with TxEVER - 9/19/2024 3:24:40 PM

    In the months before TxEVER went live Jan. 1, state health officials said the new system would make processing death and birth certificates easier. However, as is the case with many new health care initiatives (remember the rollout of Healthcare.gov...

  • iconSelling or Closing a Practice - 9/13/2024 5:01:36 PM

    Publication Updated publication is coming soon!Closing or Selling Your Medical Practice3.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (Enduring); 3.25 ETHICSAre you thinking about closing or selling your medical practice? Several things need to be tak...

  • iconThese Workplace Posters Should Be on Your Walls - 9/3/2024 10:07:04 PM

    Along with any decorative prints or motivational signs that might adorn the walls in the employees-only areas of your practice, posters about up to a dozen laws must be on display. State and federal agencies provide the required posters about these ...

  • iconROI Footer Text - 8/27/2024 1:07:46 PM

    Amanda Green, MD and the Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons of Texas gained 1,163% and 117% return, respectively, on their TMA and county society annual dues investment.  Want to increase your return on investment? Tap into TMA's and you...

  • iconTMA … Your Resource Center! - 8/14/2024 2:31:43 PM

    If you need information on the topics listed below, dial (800) 880-1300 and ask for the extension listed or dial (512) 370- plus the four-digit extension. For information on topics not listed, call TMA's main number (800) 880-1300 or (512) 370-1300. ...

  • iconTexas Medicine Back Issues - 8/12/2024 3:22:21 PM

    For Texas Medicine articles from 2018-2016 back issues, please contact the TMA Knowledge Center via email or by phone at (800) 880-7955. Table of Contents are available for the following issues of Texas Medicine: 2024  January/February 2024 ...

  • iconTexas Medicine Magazine - 8/12/2024 3:15:05 PM

    A Publication of the Texas Medical Association   Texas Medicine is available to TMA members and presents timely information on public health, medicolegal issues, medical economics, science, medical education, and legislative affairs affecting Texas ...

  • iconMarketing Your Practice - 7/23/2024 9:39:10 PM

    Articles Four Reasons Your Practice Should Start an Online Store (Texas Medicine Today, Dec. 1, 2020) Use Social Media to Remind Your Patients to Be Safe This Summer (Texas Medicine Today, June 18, 2020) Modern Websites for Health Care Practices...

  • iconFTC Mandates Vendors Notify Patients of Breaches in Health Information - 6/24/2024 3:28:01 PM

    The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has amended its Health Breach Notification Rule to require vendors of personal health records (PHR) and related entities not covered by HIPAA to notify individuals, the FTC, and, at times, the media, when a breach i...

  • iconStarting a Practice - 6/3/2024 4:15:39 PM

    Whether starting out fresh from residency or starting over in an independent practice, a myriad of tasks and important decisions await you. Get tips to help you stay on track and get off to a good start on opening day. Articles Develop a No-Show ...

  • iconCMS Adds Cyberattack Option to MIPS Hardship Exemption - 5/30/2024 8:02:11 PM

    Due to the ongoing impact of the Change Healthcare cyberattack on an increasing number of physician practices, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has added an option to cite the cyberattack when requesting a hardship exemption wit...

  • iconHow Can We Help You? - 4/18/2024 7:56:38 PM

    From practice services, to personalized payment assistance for your payment problems, TMA can help you manage the business side of your practice.   TMA has an array of services exclusively for TMA members and their staffs, as well as helpf...

  • iconPayer Contracts Warrant Attorney Review - 4/9/2024 8:53:42 PM

    Q. I have received a new health care payment plan contract. Usually these contracts are complex, but this one is only a single page. I like that, but how can I be sure about what I am signing? A. You want to enter each contractual arrangement with y...

  • iconHelp With Negotiating Health Plan Contracts - 4/9/2024 7:58:35 PM

    If a health care payment plan contract is raising more questions than it answers, TMA's Physician's Contract Evaluation Service can help with review of an existing contract or one you may be considering. For $150, Michael Z. Stern, JD, of ...

  • iconThe Knowledge Center Turns 20: Answering Physicians' Questions and Stewarding Medical History - 4/9/2024 5:17:22 PM

    Physicians undergo years of training and practice to amass the knowledge that equips them to lead a patient’s care. So they can spend more time in clinical care, the Texas Medical Association Knowledge Center helps them navigate the rest.  ...

  • iconRSS Feeds - 3/28/2024 2:02:33 PM

    TMA offers a variety of RSS feeds which cover such areas as practice management, health information technology, and legislative issues, as well as hot topics from many of TMA's most popular online publications. By subscribing to a feed, you can have ...

  • iconPhotos and Videos in the Medical Record - 3/20/2024 5:19:20 PM

    In some fields of practice, such as dermatology, photographs are a common way to document a patient's condition and response to treatment. These records are no different from narrative records — the photo is meant to document what is necessary to ach...

  • iconHIPAA and Medical Power of Attorney - 3/20/2024 5:16:01 PM

    Q. Does the HIPAA Privacy Rule change the way in which a person can grant another person medical power of attorney?  A. No. Nothing in the Privacy Rule changes the way in which an individual grants another person medical power of attorney....

  • iconWelcome to Hot Topics - 3/19/2024 7:03:29 PM

    The TMA Knowledge Center produces bibliographies on current topics of interest. Access the latest citations via RSS feed or email! TMA offers a variety of RSS feeds which cover such areas as practice management, health information technology, l...

  • iconFeds’ Response to Cyberattack Aids Physicians, But Further Measures Needed - 3/14/2024 2:22:31 PM

    Eligible physician practices and others impacted by the recent cyberattack on Change Healthcare now may apply for accelerated and advanced payments for certain Medicare and Medicaid claims.   The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Se...

  • iconTMA Develops New AI Education - 3/10/2024 10:49:19 PM

    Responding to significant interest from members after a 2023 standing-room-only TexMed event, the Texas Medical Association has developed a free webinar for members to learn how to integrate augmented or artificial intelligence (AI) technology, ...

  • iconTMA Alliance Helps Launch New Chapter for Spouses Without Local Organization - 2/29/2024 8:06:37 PM

    To increase participation in organized medicine across Texas, leaders of the Lone Star Caucus asked the Texas Medical Association Alliance (TMAA) for help in developing a chapter for spouses of county medical societies without local alliances. ...

  • iconDid You Receive an Email Requiring Registration to the State’s PMP? - 2/28/2024 9:18:58 PM

    Update June 19: Initially, all Texas prescribers had until Sept. 1 to set up a PMP Aware account. However, thanks to TMA advocacy, lawmakers recently passed a bill that pushed back that deadline to March 1, 2020. House Bill 3284 – by Rep. J.D. Sheff...

  • iconResident and Fellow Membership Benefits Page - 2/28/2024 6:13:19 PM

    Texas Medical Association Resident and Fellow Exclusive Member Benefits The Resident and Fellow Section (RFS) is an organized membership section of TMA that helps address issues unique to Texas resident physicians and provides a forum for residents ...

  • iconPractice e-Tips on Coding - 2/20/2024 11:57:21 PM

     Coding Methods/Correct Coding | Documentation | Medicaid & Medicare | Resources | Workers' Comp    Coding Methods / Correct Coding  Billing for preventive medicine and office...

  • iconEducation Board Approves Curriculum Standards on HPV Vaccines - 12/14/2023 10:59:21 PM

    The State Board of Education (SBOE) has approved health education standards that would require public schools to teach the importance of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines beginning in seventh grade. The Texas Medical Association and Texas Pediatr...

  • iconInformation and Education - 12/13/2023 9:47:49 PM

    Member resources made easy TMA is your source for information. From authoritative publications and a dynamic website, to informative CME and practice management resources, TMA has the answers you need. You can call TMA Knowledge Center and speak to ...

  • iconCore Collection of Print Journals - 11/30/2023 8:50:45 PM

    Journals Owned by the TMA Knowledge Center Upon request, the TMA Knowledge Center can provide members with copies of articles from journals in our core collection for scholarly or research use. To obtain articles, please contact the Knowledge Cente...

  • iconNewborn Screening Resource Center - 11/6/2023 5:57:56 PM

    The Texas Newborn Screening Program requires two specimens to be collected from each newborn. A small amount of blood is taken from the newborn’s heel 24 to 48 hours after birth. A second specimen is collected at 7 to 14 days of age. The state’s publ...

  • icon2020 PROGRAMS FUNDED - 10/23/2023 8:18:42 PM

    TMA’s Ernest and Sarah Butler Awards for Excellence in Science Teaching TMA’s Hard Hats for Little Heads TMA’s Walk With a Doc Texas TMA’s History of Medicine Banner Program Texas Two Step CPR TMA’s Diversity in Medicine Scholarship Pr...

  • iconTable of Contents: October 2023 - 10/3/2023 10:14:31 PM

    Volume 119, Number 8 - October 2023Cover package: Medicine Meets AI: pages 14-19ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence platforms have potential in patient care, but that future is still a long way off. By Alisa PiercePutting the AI in Paid: pages ...

  • iconCombating Measles Resource Center - 9/6/2023 9:24:36 PM

    The December 2014 "Disneyland" nationwide measles outbreak and the 2013 outbreak in North Texas -- all primarily among unimmunized persons -- bring new attention to a disease once thought to be eliminated in the United States. TMA has collected the i...

  • icon10 More Ways to Save Money in Your Practice - 8/30/2023 5:26:55 PM

    Past editions of TMA Practice E-Tips have suggested ways practices can save money and time in daily activities. Here are more tips … for TMA members only. These programs and services are free for TMA members, and can save practices thousands of ...

  • iconEnhancing the Office Experience for Your Patients - 8/30/2023 5:21:23 PM

    Patients increasingly see themselves as consumers of health care and look to their physician for better, more efficient, and more effective service, according to a report released by Johns Hopkins University and American Healthways. Defining the Pat...

  • iconWays to Avoid a Medicare Appeal - 8/21/2023 8:47:40 PM

    Novitas Solutions reports receiving 1.7 million requests per year to correct minor errors or omissions of Medicare claim information. If it took an average of only 10 minutes for medical offices to find each error and submit the correction, that’s mo...

  • iconSecurity Risk Analysis for HIPAA — and Medicare/Medicaid? - 8/7/2023 4:23:10 PM

    Do you need to conduct an electronic health information security risk analysis (SRA) or review of your practice before the end of the year)? The answer may be yes if: You participate in the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System's (MIPS) Promoting ...

  • iconYour Photocopier May Be a Security Risk - 8/7/2023 4:14:41 PM

    Don’t let this happen to you! Under a settlement with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Affinity Health Plan had to pay more than $1.2 million dollars for a breach of protected health information (PHI). The PHI was stored on th...

  • iconPreauthorization Denial: What’s Your Recourse? - 7/25/2023 6:29:43 PM

    So a health plan has denied your preauthorization request for a patient’s treatment. What options do you have? First determine the patient’s type of coverage. Medicare Advantage plans have specific appeal guidelines, which you can find on the Cente...

  • iconPractice e-Tips on Technology - 7/25/2023 5:59:02 PM

    E-Mail  Are You Ready to E-Mail Your Patients?   EMR / EHR   12 Ways an EMR Can Increase Productivity Accessing the Software: Client Server vs. ASP Be in the Know When You Purchase an EHR   Data Conversion a ...

  • iconCharging a Fee to Complete Forms - 7/20/2023 10:15:42 PM

    Q. Can practices charge a fee to complete individual disability income claims forms? A. In general, you may charge a reasonable fee for providing a summary of a patient’s record information or to fill out forms or other services.  N...

  • iconCollections - 7/20/2023 8:39:27 PM

     Articles  Five Ways to Improve Patient Collections    How Physicians Can Help With Collections Collecting Payment for Noncovered Services Collection Agency Submittal Do's and Don'ts   Five Bill-Collecting Tips fo...

  • iconGetting Started in Texas - 7/20/2023 7:21:54 PM

    Welcome to Texas! As the saying goes, everything is bigger and better in Texas. And that holds true for the Texas Medical Association. More than 53,000 physicians and medical students have chosen to be members of TMA. That many of your col...

  • iconMore Resources for HR Help - 7/19/2023 9:35:30 PM

    TMA Practice Consulting Services: TMA Practice Consultants provide personalized HR services including staff recruitment, onsite assistance, and in-person trainings. "After overseeing her work for more than a year, I found no reason t...

  • iconTMB Won’t Penalize Physicians For Technical Problems With Vital Registry - 7/17/2023 9:43:53 PM

    The Texas Medical Board (TMB) confirmed Saturday that it will not take action against physicians who experience technical issues with Texas’ new vital statistics registry, TxEVER. “The Texas Medical Board is aware of the issues that involve the regi...

  • icon2023 Career Center Ads 3 - 7/3/2023 10:03:26 PM

  • iconMeet the TMA Knowledge Center’s Information Specialists - 6/28/2023 2:31:23 PM

    With the broad charge of accurately and quickly answering questions about practice management, membership, and benefits and services, the staff of TMA’s Knowledge Center has an often-heavy load to lift.   But with 20 years of history ...