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Texas has a mixed system for certifying death. The lack of uniformity complicates the accuracy of death statistics, and because death is one of the foundations of vital statistics, the problem can have a major impact on public health. Some solutions include better training, technical improvements, and adding more medical examiners.

For information about advertising in Texas Medicine, contact Belinda Bininger by email at belinda.bininger@texmed.org or 512-370-1423.

"Significant strides." "Exciting." "A remarkable accomplishment." That was the picture Medicare painted in a March report on the first year of the Quality Payment Program. But a closer look by TMA raises serious doubts about the cheerleading - so much so that TMA and seven other state medical societies are asking the agency to rescind the report.

Read the Quality story in Texas Medicine.

Medicine to Medicare: Report Inflates QPP Success  

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