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  • TMA Calls on Lawmakers to Stop the Latest Medicare Pay Cut

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    Unless Congress acts by the end of the year, physicians face an 8.5% cut to their Medicare payments on Jan. 1. At minimum, organized medicine is urging passage of a federal patch – H.R. 8800 – while advocating for long-term reform. Take action.

    Access the new Medicare Pay Cuts Toolkit. TMA urges your active participation in this crucial advocacy effort.

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  • TMA Statement Regarding Roe v. Wade Opinion

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    Statement by Texas Medical Association President Gary W. Floyd, MD, in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling regarding Roe v. Wade.

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  • Surprise Medical Bills: What Physicians Need to Know

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    The federal No Surprises Act became effective Jan. 1, 2022. It established a federal law prohibiting balance billing for out-of-network, self-pay, and uninsured patients from certain surprise medical bills. The law also created patient price transparency rules by requiring certain physicians to provide their patients with good faith estimates.

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  • Federal Prior Auth Bill Filed in Congress

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    U.S. Rep. Michael C. Burgess, MD (R-Lewisville), is following his fellow Texas physicians’ lead on curbing insurers’ hassle-laden prior authorization burdens, introducing a federal bill similar to the “gold-card” law TMA proposed and championed into law at the state level.

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  • 2021 Physician-Led Results: Grassroots Advocacy Paid Off in Tangible Wins at the Capitol

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    Texas physicians made the most of an extraordinary, scaled-back session of the Texas Legislature in 2021. They helped pass laws to curb prior authorization hassles; keep physicians from incurring new practice costs; install liability protections for future pandemics like COVID-19; extend postpartum Medicaid coverage for new mothers; and keep graduate medical education (GME) fully funded.

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  • Action Alerts

    One simple but important action you can take during the session is to respond to a TMA Action Alert. Action alerts are prepared messages from TMA asking legislators to stop or pass a bill. Download TMA’s mobile app “VoterVoice” for an easy way to take action using your phone.

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  • What's On Your Mind?

    Listening and responding to physicians and their concerns are what drive TMA’s programs and initiatives. Do you have an idea to share or an opinion about how we can do something better? We want to hear from you!

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  • Texas Medicine Today

    Brief, relevant, and timely, Texas Medicine Today is a daily email with news and information from TMA. To subscribe, manage your preferences in your profile, and visit the Texas Medicine Today webpage to read recent and important stories.

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