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TMA Insurance Trust - Insurance 101 - 3/25/2019 4:37:58 PM
TMA Insurance Trust - 2/15/2024 4:56:18 PM

Four Exclusive Member Advantages From TMA Insurance Trust Like other insurance agencies, TMA Insurance Trust is a full-service insurance agency with a staff of professional agent-advisors who have years of experience. But tha...
Physician-Led Results: Insurance - 6/21/2023 4:50:45 PM

TMA Priority: Build on the success of last session’s gold-card law by advancing further prior authorization reform. Recap: Carrying the torch from last session, the Texas Medical Association followed up on its 2021 gold-card success&...
Health Insurance Education Resources for Physicians - 9/4/2026 5:00:02 PM

The Texas Medical Association (TMA) recognizes that health insurance literacy remains a challenge for many patients and that confusion regarding health insurance benefits and plan requirements can contribute to delays in care, disruptions in treatmen...
Health Insurance Issues - 8/4/2026 8:44:51 PM

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2019 Insurance Leave Behind - 4/2/2019 2:37:36 PM
COVID-19_House_Insurance_Letter - 9/9/2020 7:18:50 PM
April_22_TM_Infographic_Insurance - 3/7/2022 3:08:40 PM
3.7.23 Insurance One-Pager - 3/6/2023 6:01:04 PM
312522 FTAC Postcards INSURANCE - 5/1/2023 5:58:24 PM
Insurance Concerns Dominate TMA Testimony - 3/31/2025 5:41:13 PM

The Texas Medical Association appealed to the Texas Legislature last week to guard patients from inadequate health insurance coverage and physicians from unfair ranking and tiering practices, while supporting increased oversight and streamlining of c...
Guide to Insurance Overpayments and Refund Requests - 3/18/2022 3:29:59 PM

TMA staff receive questions daily from medical offices about payer requests for refunds. The following general information will help you and your staff properly assess most such refund requests. Texas Prompt Pay Law - Time Limitation (TAC 21.2818)&#...
TMA Resources: Understanding Insurance and Policy in Health Care - 7/22/2026 2:20:46 PM

TMA resources to help students improve readiness for understanding the role of insurance and policy in health care. Health Insurance: Insurance Overview Affordable Care Act Overview Physician Prices, Fee Schedules, and Managed Care ...
Practice E-Tips on Commercial Insurance - 10/15/2026 2:14:22 PM

Late Fees Under Prompt Pay — How Much and When Monitor Payer Contracts to Help Manage Revenue Out-of-Network and What It Means Pass-Through Billing Generally Not Permitted Verify Which Health Plans Are Exempt From Prompt Pay Laws ...
Putting My Insurance to Use QA - 1/23/2014 5:01:46 PM
Putting My Insurance to Use QA - 1/23/2014 5:01:46 PM
4.4.23 Insurance Lege Brief - Opposes - 4/3/2023 4:52:17 PM
Filing a Compliant With the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) - 9/9/2026 7:41:05 PM

You can obtain TDI's physician/provider complaint form from: The TDI website. You can either print out the form and mail, fax or submit it online. For online submissions, you must mail or fax to TDI supporting documents, along with a print-out of th...
Disability Insurance: More Confidence In Your Financial Future - 4/13/2021 9:41:21 PM

Sponsored content paid for and created by Texas Medical Association Insurance Trust. Disability Insurance: Why Now? Just like you use PPE to protect your health, there are tools you can use to help protect your financial future. This cov...
What to Do When Your Insurance Company Says “No” - 10/23/2026 1:39:54 PM

Tips for Consumers: Your doctor has diagnosed a condition, and the good news is there is a medicine that can treat it. The bad news is that your insurance doesn't cover the medicine. Why Did I Get That Medical Bill? When your insurance c...
TMA Joins New Statewide Insurance Reform Coalition - 11/8/2024 7:11:30 PM

Complementing and ramping up its work to reform insurance practices that adversely affect patient care, the Texas Medical Association has joined a coalition of patient advocates, physicians, and medical groups that aim to put patients front and cente...
Latinos and the ACA The Importance of the Health Insurance Marketplace - 11/21/2013 11:07:33 PM
Res 401 2020 Insurance Coverage Transparency bb.et - 7/8/2020 3:27:17 PM
2023 Stop Insurance Hassles One-pager - 2/4/2023 12:03:36 AM
5.14.24 TMA Written Testimony - Insurance for SHHS - 5/14/2024 5:10:15 PM
2025 FTAC Health Insurance Buckslip v2 - 5/2/2025 8:20:04 PM
Health Insurance Market Increasingly Consolidated, Federal Report Details - 12/3/2024 8:36:40 PM

A government report detailing increased market consolidation has armed the Texas Medical Association with new data to serve physicians in a dramatically changing health care landscape. The recently released report from the U.S. Go...
New Federal Rules Limit Short-Term Insurance Plans, Enhance Protections - 5/20/2026 11:24:47 PM

Following advocacy by the Texas Medical Association, the U.S. departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor, and the Treasury recently issued final rules that strengthen consumer protections related to short-term, limited-duration insura...
Insurance Bill Undermining Patient, Physician Protections Heads to House - 5/13/2025 3:17:14 AM

An insurance bill headed for a House vote aims to create a new kind of health insurance plan that medicine is concerned could undermine decades of advocacy and bypass key state-mandated patient and physician protections. The latest version of Hous...
TMA Fights Bad Insurance Bills While Pushing for Network Adequacy Protections - 11/18/2024 6:40:40 PM

The Texas Medical Association is leveraging its advocacy power against state insurance legislation that would compromise established physician and patient protections, often to the benefit of health plans, despite sometimes good intentions. Fo...
Do’s and Don’ts of Unemployment Insurance Claims and Appeals - 10/6/2026 5:19:56 PM

The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) offers these tips to employers for handling unemployment insurance claims filed by ex-employees. Before a claim arises: For employees about to be fired, go through a termination checklist; at the v...
TMA Backs Network Adequacy Bill and Other Insurance Reforms - 8/8/2025 8:15:39 PM

With just a week until the bill-filing deadline, the Texas Medical Association is backing state legislation that furthers patients’ access to care by requiring adequate networks and bolstering prior authorization reforms, among other protections....
Texas Department of Insurance Rules and Managed Care Contract Clauses - 2/1/2022 11:54:10 PM

Contract Clause of the Month: Managed care contracts and regulations can be a jungle of legal language, and physicians who do not carefully pick their way through the various clauses can be in for a nasty surprise. In this monthly feature of Texas Me...
Res 420 2020 Training Requirements Imposed by Insurance Companies - 7/8/2020 3:17:12 PM
Res 404 2021 Training Requirements Imposed by Insurance Companies.jr - 3/19/2021 8:22:27 PM
Res 428 2021 Insurance Coverage Transparency Tabled Res 401 2020.TW - 3/19/2021 8:26:53 PM
Res 423 2021 Insurance Coverage for Fertility Preservation Procedures - 3/19/2021 9:43:10 PM
2023 Don't Lose Your TMA Membership No Insurance - 2/13/2023 9:20:37 PM
Trusted Allies: TMA-Built Insurance Trusts Design Coverage Specifically for Texas Physicians - 6/30/2026 8:48:54 PM

When Robert E. Cantu, MD, suffered a stroke in September 2022, he didn’t expect his health insurance to become his next crisis. But when his insurer decided to leave the Texas market, the Austin psychiatrist was suddenly searching for a new p...
I Never Knew TMA Membership: Could Help With Addressing My Insurance Needs - 12/11/2024 5:10:04 PM

Physicians know, perhaps more than most, that not all insurance products are the same. Fortunately, those who belong to the Texas Medical Association can access policies tailored specifically to them and their practices from two TMA-endorsed ...
The Trust Model: For Decades, TMA's Insurance Trusts Have Put Physicians First - 4/9/2024 5:11:25 PM

Wendy Parnell, MD, first learned about the Texas Medical Association Insurance Trust (TMAIT) after residency when she joined a private practice founded by her father and godfather that is a policyholder to this day. Soon ther...
One Insurance Company Holds Majority Share of Texas Market, Per AMA Study - 1/14/2026 5:49:27 PM

A single insurer in Texas holds 51% to 88% of the PPO market share in all 26 metro areas – following the national pattern of consolidation that favors large insurance companies, according to the American Medical Association’s latest analysis. The AM...
2025 Legislative Wrap-Up: Amid Bad Insurance Bills Defeated, Gold Card Law Refinements Close Gaps - 12/8/2025 3:29:45 PM

Decades of insurance advocacy overturned. Undermined patient and clinician protections. Unwarranted criminal and civil penalties. These would-be detriments were just a few the Texas Medical Association defeated as part of its mission to prese...
Legislators Can Request Health Insurance Mandate Analysis Via New State Law - 11/18/2025 5:55:40 PM

With a strong focus on curbing health care costs, Texas lawmakers during the 2025 legislative session passed a new law enabling legislators to request an analysis of any proposed legislation imposing requirements on health plans that mandate coverage...
Scope, Insurance, Vaccine Battles Ramp Up in Session’s Final Weeks as Women’s Health Bills Progress - 8/20/2026 4:41:20 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...
Res 417 2020 Insurance Promotion of Preventive Care Services via Incentive-Based Programs.et - 7/8/2020 3:19:18 PM
TMAIT Report 1 2020 Texas Medical Association Insurance Trust 2019 Annual Report.et - 6/17/2020 3:10:19 PM
Res 403 2021 Insurance Promotion of Preventive Care Services via Incentive Based Programs.TW - 3/19/2021 8:22:18 PM
88th TX Leg 3-30-23 TMA Written Testimony HB700 Physicians Recommend Improvements to Bill Proposing State Insurance Marketplace - 3/30/2023 8:09:14 PM
03.26.2025 TMA Seeks to Ensure Insurance Ranking Tiering Bill Upholds Patient Protections - 3/28/2025 10:01:15 PM