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Exceptional Circumstances: TMA Advocates “Legislative Clarity” Amid State Abortion Bans - 3/5/2024 4:56:43 PM

A recent lawsuit filed by a pregnant woman in Texas seeking an abortion because of a fatal fetal diagnosis made national headlines and spotlights the legal labyrinth in which Texas patients and the physicians who care for them now find themselves. ...
Table of Contents: March 2024 - 3/4/2024 7:48:36 PM

The Medicare Issue Fix Medicare Now (page 18)The 2024 Medicare physician fee schedule – and congressional inaction – solidify yet another pay cut, heightening calls for reform. At the very least, the fee schedule enacts other positive changes. By Emm...
Medicaid, CHIP Postpartum Coverage Extension Will Take Effect March 1 - 2/8/2024 12:46:10 AM

After a multi-session advocacy effort by the Texas Medical Association, specialty societies, and women’s health advocates, Texans who are enrolled in Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and who are pregnant or become pregnant w...
Patient Care Protected: TMA Secured Big Legislative Wins With a New Strategy - 1/11/2024 9:07:57 PM

Guided by a set of priorities and girded by grassroots physician advocacy, the Texas Medical Association entered the 2023 legislative session with a laser focused approach and came out hitting targets in every area of medicine’s agenda. That success...
First Steps: TMA Secures Medicaid Physician Rate Increases With Hopes for Momentum - 11/5/2023 6:58:11 PM

Round Rock pediatrician Maria Scranton, MD, is one of several Texas physicians who speak wistfully about a temporary Medicaid physician pay increase under the Affordable Care Act. In 2013-14, the federal law raised Medicaid primary care physic...
Articles and Papers on Legal Issues - 8/28/2023 7:54:36 PM

The following articles and white papers are a TMA members-only benefit. Abortion Americans with Disabilities Act Advertising Charity Health Care Compassionate Use Act Consent Corporate Practice of Me...
Patient Care Protected: Women's Reproductive Health - 8/14/2023 2:27:15 PM

Related content: 2023 Legislative Wrap-Up: TMA Secured Big Wins With a New Strategy TMA Priority: Get clarity for physicians on how they can safely treat pregnant women while protecting the patient-physician relationship. Physician-Led Results: Phy...
Patient Care Protected: Medicaid Payment Increase - 8/4/2023 11:50:56 PM

Related content: 2023 Legislative Wrap-Up: TMA Secured Big Wins With a New Strategy TMA Priority: Help physicians grow their Medicaid panels and access to care with healthier payment rates. Physician-Led Results: Texas physicians have not seen a Me...
Patient Care Protected: Physician Autonomy/Corporate Practice Protections - 8/4/2023 11:46:13 PM

Related content: 2023 Legislative Wrap-Up: TMA Secured Big Wins With a New Strategy TMA Priority: Protect physicians from being criminalized for the practice of medicine and keep nonmedical entities from interfering with patient care. Physician-Led...
Medical Power of Attorney - 7/17/2023 9:42:22 PM

Information for Patients, Physicians, and Providers General Information The full advance directives statute is at Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter 166. All legal citations herein are to that chapter. December 2018 Medical Power o...
Physician-Led Results: Corporate Practice of Medicine Protections - 6/28/2023 4:10:53 PM

TMA Priority: Protect physicians from being criminalized for the practice of medicine and keep nonmedical entities from interfering with patient care. Recap: Despite an onslaught of attempts by state government and corporate entities to u...
Physician-Led Results: Women’s Reproductive Health - 6/28/2023 3:17:04 PM

Goal: Get clarity for physicians on how they can safely treat pregnant women while protecting the patient-physician relationship. Recap: Physicians entered the 2023 legislative session with heavy concerns over and difficulties in interp...
On Guard for the Patient-Physician Relationship: 2023 Legislative Preview - 6/21/2023 6:46:29 PM

Illustrations by Don Friesen A pandemic wind-down, a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, a possible recession, a national surprise-billing law. The 2023 Texas legislative session is one shaping up to be defined by a host of federal forces, some of them...
Scope, Insurance, Vaccine Battles Ramp Up in Session’s Final Weeks as Women’s Health Bills Progress - 5/14/2023 9:29:47 PM

With just 17 days until “sine die,” the adjournment of the regular state legislative session, the Texas Medical Association has been mounting a tough defense against problematic bills related to scope-of-practice expansion, insurance practices, and C...
Texas House Approves Budget With Gains for Medicine, Teeing Up Senate Debate - 4/24/2023 7:47:12 PM

The Texas House recently voted 136-10 to approve a record-breaking $302.6 billion state budget, which includes increased funding for several of the Texas Medical Association’s legislative priorities, including graduate medical education (GME), target...
TMA-Backed Bills Would Increase Access to Women’s Reproductive, Early Childhood Health Care - 3/24/2023 6:46:00 PM

Twelve-month postpartum coverage and a boost to certain Medicaid payments top a list of measures Texas lawmakers are moving on that would bolster women’s health care services, in line with the Texas Medical Association’s priorities for this session.&...
Stop Maternal Deaths: Texas Report Reinforces TMA Legislative Priorities - 3/10/2023 12:45:44 AM

The latest biennial survey of maternal death and illness shows why the Texas Medical Association made improving maternal health one of its top priorities for the current state legislative session. The report found that Texas ...
TMA Board of Councilors Current Opinions - 2/25/2023 10:59:46 PM

TMA Board of Councilors Current Opinions INTRODUCTION The Board of Councilors serves as the ethical policy making body of the Texas Medical Association. First constituted in 1903, the Board is composed of a Councilor and Vice Councilor from the 15 ...
Legislative Priority #3: Medicaid Payment Increases - 1/9/2023 11:46:00 PM

Related Content:2023 Legislative Preview: TMA's Top 10 Priorities Goal: Help physicians enhance their Medicaid panels and improve access to care with targeted payment increases Impact: Broad Medicaid rate increases remain unlikely th...
Legislative Priority #2: Women's Reproductive Health - 1/6/2023 2:28:22 AM

Related Content:2023 Legislative Preview: TMA's Top 10 Priorities Goal: Get clarity for physicians on how they can safely treat pregnant women while protecting the patient-physician relationship Impact: Since the June 2022 U.S. Supreme Court deci...
Informed Consent - 10/7/2022 4:21:55 PM

TMA Office of the General CounselApril 2018 Basic Concept and Origin Texas Legislature Provides Guidance Proper Disclosure of Risk Creates Legal Presumptions Favoring Physicians Particular Form for Hysterectomies ...
Picking the Right Battles: TMA Stands Up for Medicine in the Courts - 6/29/2022 6:10:37 PM

When a big point of legal contention arises – “big” meaning impactful for Texas physicians and their patients – the Texas Medical Association responds big. That’s been the case for decades, including in the courts. ...
Voice of Reason: TMA’s Board of Councilors Tackles Ethical Policymaking - 6/8/2022 3:27:26 PM

College Station urologist Alisa Berger, MD, spent years unaware of the Texas Medical Association Board of Councilors. She’s pretty sure she learned about the board while enrolled in TMA’s Leadership College as a young physician. But it didn’t stick u...
TMA Staying Involved as Courts Rule on Gender-Affirming Care, SB 8 - 3/23/2022 4:48:43 PM

The Texas Medical Association is making sure medicine’s best interests are considered in two legal cases in which courts handed down significant decisions on March 11, impacting physicians and the patients they serve. The first was a dec...
Res 342 2021 Acknowledging Abortion is a Time Sensitive Medical Procedure ET - 3/25/2021 2:15:32 AM
Legislative Hotline: House Committee Assignments Revealed - 2/5/2021 7:51:50 PM

The legislative calendar is quickly ticking by, and with the bill filing deadline only five weeks away, the House and Senate will have to hit the ground running when lawmakers return next week. House Speaker Dade Phelan (R-Beaumont) announced c...
Consent For Treatment of Minors - 11/22/2019 8:22:53 PM

TMA Office of the General CounselNovember 2019 Minor Consent Generally Parental Consent in Cases of Divorce Emergency Circumstances Obtaining Consent Consent by Minor Minor Consent to Counseling Examination for Abuse or Neglect Mino...
Delegates Gather and Debate to Support Physicians and Patients - 5/22/2019 7:11:51 PM

Meeting for the 150th time last weekend in Dallas, the Texas Medical Association House of Delegates once again proved that no realm of health care can’t benefit from improvements devised by Texas physicians. From controversial topics l...
Maintenance of Certification White Paper - 1/31/2019 10:12:59 PM

S.B. 1148 (2017) - Maintenance of CertificationSen. Dawn Buckingham, MD (R-Lakeway)House Sponsor Greg Bonnen, MD (R-Friendswood) NOTICE: The Texas Medical Association provides this information with the express understanding that (1)...
Judge Nullifies Texas’ Fetal-Remains Disposal Law - 9/11/2018 10:35:24 PM

A federal judge in Austin last week struck down a 2017 Texas law requiring health care facilities to bury or cremate fetal remains. In an order permanently blocking the law, U.S. District Judge David Alan Ezra said in court that it wou...
TMA House Sets Goal of Eliminating Maternal Mortality - 8/21/2018 4:18:10 PM

Carlos J. Cardenas, MD, TMA’s immediate past president, threw down a gauntlet to his physician colleagues on Saturday — a goal of eliminating deaths among Texas’ pregnant women and new mothers. “One maternal death is one too many,” Dr. Cardenas told...
Advertising Restrictions - 6/23/2016 2:21:59 PM

Note: Before proceeding we must inform you that we cannot provide legal advice to individual TMA members because Texas prohibits the "corporate practice of law" ( Texas Government Code Ann. §81.101 ). In addition, the State Bar of Texas has ruled tha...
Priority Overview: Unintended Pregnancy - 6/17/2016 4:06:40 PM

Unplanned Pregnancy CSPH Priority Review Indicator Value Notes Prevalence In Texas, 62 percent of all births are unplanned (51 percent are mistimed , 9.8 percent are unwanted)1 In terms of age, 76 percent of pregnancies experience...
Women's Health Program FAQs - 5/20/2016 10:32:31 PM

Q. What is the Women’s Health Program? A. The Women’s Health Program (WHP) is a Medicaid program that provides checkups and birth control, but not abortion, to low-income, uninsured women who would receive Medicaid if they were pregnant. This limi...
Special Action Issue to Non Members - 5/13/2016 3:39:22 PM

From: Texas Medical Association [mailto:tmainfo@texmed.org] Sent: Friday, November 01, 2013 3:39 PM To: Debra Heater Subject: TMA Action: Judge Upholds Physicians' Judgment The VA's Bad Idea full text version email-a-frie...
FtWorth_postPPACA_WCfees - 10/25/2010 11:47:45 PM

Sheet1 2010 Texas Workers Comp Fee Schedule - Including changes made by the federal Affordable Care Act effective March 23, 2010 Ft. Worth Non-facility Fee Facility Fee- Non-Surgical Facility Fee- Surgical OPPS Non-Facility Cap (if app...
WorkersCompFees08_rest_of_texas - 10/25/2010 11:15:56 PM

Sheet1 Workers' Compensation Plan Fees - 2008 Rest of Texas HCPCS MOD DESCRIPTION NON-FACILITY FEE FACILITY FEE - NON- SURGICAL FACILITY FEE - SURGICAL G0101 CA screen;pelvic/breast exam 45.32 45.32 G0102 Prostate ca screening; dre 25....
Fees2008houston - 10/25/2010 11:14:26 PM

Sheet1 Workers' Compensation Plan Fees - 2008 Houston HCPCS MOD DESCRIPTION NON-FACILITY FEE FACILITY FEE - NON- SURGICAL FACILITY FEE - SURGICAL G0101 CA screen;pelvic/breast exam 49.3 49.3 G0102 Prostate ca screening; dre 27.78 11.92...
Fees2008galveston - 10/25/2010 11:13:15 PM

Sheet1 Workers' Compensation Plan Fees - 2008 Galveston HCPCS MOD DESCRIPTION NON-FACILITY FEE FACILITY FEE - NON- SURGICAL FACILITY FEE - SURGICAL G0101 CA screen;pelvic/breast exam 47.71 47.71 G0102 Prostate ca screening; dre 26.77 1...
Fees2008ftworth - 10/25/2010 11:12:11 PM

Sheet1 Workers' Compensation Plan Fees - 2008 Ft. Worth HCPCS MOD DESCRIPTION NON-FACILITY FEE FACILITY FEE - NON- SURGICAL FACILITY FEE - SURGICAL G0101 CA screen;pelvic/breast exam 47.92 47.92 G0102 Prostate ca screening; dre 26.96 1...
Fees2008dallas - 10/25/2010 11:10:22 PM

Sheet1 Workers' Compensation Plan Fees - 2008 Dallas HCPCS MOD DESCRIPTION NON-FACILITY FEE FACILITY FEE - NON- SURGICAL FACILITY FEE - SURGICAL G0101 CA screen;pelvic/breast exam 49.75 49.75 G0102 Prostate ca screening; dre 28.21 11.8...
Fees2008brazoriacounty - 10/25/2010 11:05:22 PM

Sheet1 Workers' Compensation Plan Fees - 2008 Brazoria County HCPCS MOD DESCRIPTION NON-FACILITY FEE FACILITY FEE - NON- SURGICAL FACILITY FEE - SURGICAL G0101 CA screen;pelvic/breast exam 47.74 47.74 G0102 Prostate ca screening; dre 2...
Fees2008Beaumont - 10/25/2010 11:02:34 PM

Sheet1 Workers' Compensation Plan Fees - 2008 Beaumont HCPCS MOD DESCRIPTION NON-FACILITY FEE FACILITY FEE - NON- SURGICAL FACILITY FEE - SURGICAL G0101 CA screen;pelvic/breast exam 45.45 45.45 G0102 Prostate ca screening; dre 25.13 11...
Fees2008austin - 10/25/2010 11:01:03 PM

Sheet1 Workers' Compensation Plan Fees - 2008 Austin HCPCS MOD DESCRIPTION NON-FACILITY FEE FACILITY FEE - NON- SURGICAL FACILITY FEE - SURGICAL G0101 CA screen;pelvic/breast exam 48.99 48.99 G0102 Prostate ca screening; dre 27.76 11.6...
Rest_of_Texas_County_WCFee09 - 10/25/2010 10:50:52 PM

Sheet1 2009 Workers Comp Fee Schedule Rest of Texas ADJUSTED ADJUSTED TRANSITIONED TRANSITIONED NON-FACILITY FACILITY FACILITY FEE FEE - NON- SURGICAL FEE HCPCS MOD DESCRIPTION G0101 CA screen;pelvic/breast ...
Harris_County_WCFee09 - 10/25/2010 10:49:40 PM

Sheet1 2009 Workers Comp Fee Schedule Houston ADJUSTED ADJUSTED TRANSITIONED TRANSITIONED NON-FACILITY FACILITY FACILITY FEE FEE - NON- SURGICAL FEE HCPCS MOD DESCRIPTION G0101 CA screen;pelvic/breast exam 5...
Galveston_County_WCFee09 - 10/25/2010 10:48:48 PM

Sheet1 2009 Workers Comp Fee Schedule Galveston ADJUSTED ADJUSTED TRANSITIONED TRANSITIONED NON-FACILITY FACILITY FACILITY FEE FEE - NON- SURGICAL FEE HCPCS MOD DESCRIPTION G0101 CA screen;pelvic/breast exam...
Tarrant_County_WCFee09 - 10/25/2010 10:47:50 PM

Sheet1 2009 Workers Comp Fee Schedule Ft. Worth ADJUSTED ADJUSTED TRANSITIONED TRANSITIONED NON-FACILITY FACILITY FACILITY FEE FEE - NON- SURGICAL FEE HCPCS MOD DESCRIPTION G0101 CA screen;pelvic/breast exam...
Dallas_County_WCFee09 - 10/25/2010 10:46:53 PM

Sheet1 2009 Workers Comp Fee Schedule Dallas ADJUSTED ADJUSTED TRANSITIONED TRANSITIONED NON-FACILITY FACILITY FACILITY FEE FEE - NON- SURGICAL FEE HCPCS MOD DESCRIPTION G0101 CA screen;pelvic/breast exam 51...
Brazoria_County_WCFee09 - 10/25/2010 10:45:50 PM

Sheet1 2009 Workers Comp Fee Schedule Brazoria County ADJUSTED ADJUSTED TRANSITIONED TRANSITIONED NON-FACILITY FACILITY FACILITY FEE FEE - NON- SURGICAL FEE HCPCS MOD DESCRIPTION G0101 CA screen;pelvic/breas...