Stories from Texas Medicine, October 2016

Enrollment in Health Insurance Through the Marketplace After Implementation of the Affordable Care Act in Texas - 11/29/2018

The Journal — October 2016 Tex Med. 2016;112(10):e1. By Gordon Gong, MD, MS; Cassandra C. Huey, MS; Coleman Johnson, JD; Debra Curti, MEd, RHIA; and Billy U. Philips Jr, PhD, MPH Gordon Gong, MD, MS; Coleman Johnson, JD; Debra Curti, MEd, RHIA; and Billy U. Philips Jr, PhD, MPH, F. Marie Hall Institute for Rural and Community Health, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas; and Cassandra C. Huey, MS, F. Marie Hall Institute for Rural and Community Health, and Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Human Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.  Send correspondence to Billy U. Philips Jr, PhD, MPH, Executive Vice President and Director, The F. Marie Hall Institute for Rural and Community Health, Marie Hall Chair and Professor, Family and Community Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Suite 2B440, 3601 4th St, MS 6232, Lubbock, TX 79430-6232; e-mail: billy.philips@ttuhsc.edu.  Abstract One ...


Complementary Treatment - 10/03/2016

As the debate over complementary and alternative medicine's place in medicine continues, Texas Medical Association policy recommends physicians stay on top of evidence-based studies of complementary and alternative therapies and routinely ask patients about their use of such therapies.


5 Steps to Prepare for MACRA Now - 10/02/2016

As the medical community awaits the release of final rules to implement the new Medicare payment system under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA), physicians can take steps now to prepare for the transition.