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Reform Can’t Wait: Medicine Prescribes Urgently-Needed Improvements to Flawed Medicare Payment System - 11/05/2024

When the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in July proposed a fifth consecutive round of cuts to physicians’ Medicare payments – contributing to a nearly 30% lag behind inflation growth since 2001 – medicine immediately mobilized.

Texas Medicine Back Issues - 11/04/2024

Back Issues

Texas Medicine Magazine - 11/04/2024

Texas Medicine Magazine

Travel Advisory: Travel Details Can Help Uncover a Diagnosis - 11/04/2024

Thorough questioning on trip history can save patients, improve public health

About Texas Medicine - 11/04/2024

General information about Texas Medicine.

Unlocking TxEVER: Experts weigh in on best practices to navigate Texas’ death records registry - 11/04/2024

Experts weigh in on best practices to navigate Texas’ death records registry 

Inbox Overload: How to Tackle Time-Consuming Electronic Messages - 11/04/2024

How to tackle time-consuming electronic messages.

Happy Hikers: John Shepherd, MD, and Wife, Jenny, Take a Break from Advocacy to hike Colorado Trail - 11/04/2024

John Shepherd, MD, and his wife, Jenny, take a break from medical advocacy to hike the Colorado Trail.

Planning That Pays: Physicians Can Receive Payment for Helping Patients Prepare for End-of-Life - 11/04/2024

Physicians can receive Medicare payment for helping patients prepare for end-of-life medical decisions.

'Fighting Our Best': TMA Efforts Help Improve End-of-Life Care Bill - 11/04/2024

Mark Casanova, MD, has a sign in his office reminding him of his team’s unconventional motto “Stomp Out Suffering.” “A number of years ago, at the end of a team meeting, I just uttered the words as

A Party for Medicine: Alliance Advocacy Events Increase TEXPAC Visibility - 09/30/2024

TMAA President and TEXPAC board member Jenny Shepherd’s advocacy events increase TEXPAC visibility and membership. 

Tip of the Hat: Hard Hats Founder Made Helmet-Wearing Kids a Common Sight - 09/30/2024

As the father of the Texas Medical Association’s Hard Hats for Little Heads program, Houston pain specialist Larry Driver, MD, has a legacy of safety in the state.

'They Came in Droves': Former TMA President Douglas Curran, MD, Starts an FQHC - 09/27/2024

Former TMA President Doug Curran, MD, fulfilled a long-time dream of expanding care by cofounding the East Texas Community Clinic, a federally qualified health center.

One Voice: TEXPAC’s Candidate Evaluation Process Prioritizes Medicine’s Interests - 09/27/2024

TEXPAC’s robust candidate evaluation process ensures medicine’s interests come first. 

Smart Money: Grants Boost Vaccine Efforts - 09/27/2024

Vaccines Defend What Matters grants give vaccine efforts a shot in the arm

Taking Steps Together: Walk with a Doc Texas Improves Health and Communities - 09/27/2024

Walk with a Doc Texas improves health and builds communities for patients and physicians alike.

On Call for Little Heads: 30 Years of Hard Hats - 09/27/2024

Participants reflect on three decades of TMA’s longest-running outreach program.

Talk to Patients About: Varicella - 09/19/2024

The varicella-zoster virus  does double-duty: It can cause chickenpox when you’re young and reactivate later in life as a painful, blistery rash called shingles. Well, there’s a vaccine for each disease.

Talk to Patients About: Rubella - 09/19/2024

The virus that causes rubella often appears deceptively mild — so mild in fact that one-quarter to half of people infected with it will have no symptoms at all, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Vaccination is the best protection.

Capital Gains: Attracting Investors Without Losing Independence - 09/19/2024

Can physicians line up venture capital without letting go of their independence? It’s not so easy.

Ask “Dr. ChatGPT”: What Physicians Should Know About AI - 08/28/2024

Health care adviser Harvey Castro, MD, details what physicians should know about artificial intelligence.

Coding with Care: Knowing Billing Codes for Complex Care Can Maximize Revenue, Access to Care - 08/28/2024

Knowing billing codes for complex care can maximize revenue and access to care.

Class Care: School-Based Health Centers Deliver Care to At-Risk Youth - 08/27/2024

School-based health centers in Texas deliver physical and behavioral care to at-risk youth.

Enjoying Employment: Texas Physicians Trend Away from Independent Practice - 08/14/2024

As the share of Texas physicians trend away from independent practice, TMA members spell out the benefits of employment.

TMA to Start 2024 Listening Tour - 08/14/2024

The TMA Board of Trustees, leadership, and staff are hitting the road in 2024 to learn directly from Texas physicians what is working, what isn’t, and what TMA can do to ensure Texas is the best place to practice medicine.