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On Nov. 5, Texans will vote on Proposition 6, a constitutional amendment designed to extend funding for the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) and keep the agency’s grants flowing for an estimated 10 additional years. TMA supports this effort to keep CPRIT's current funding from running out in 2022. "One of our priorities … is for physicians and all Texas voters to understand the important role of CPRIT in cancer prevention efforts in our communities and how important that funding is in the fight against cancer," said Marian Y. Williams-Brown, MD.

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

Small and solo practices already take the worst of the administrative and financial pounding the Quality Payment Program (QPP) dishes out each year. In the Texas Medical Association’s analysis, the government’s plans for 2020 would make the situation even harder with more penalties and complexity.

Read the Quality story in Texas Medicine.

TMA Protests Changes to 2020 Quality Payment Program  

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