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TMB Sets Rules on Acute-Pain Scrip Limit, Opioid CME

Texas’ pain management requirements underwent several important changes by law in the past year. Now, the Texas Medical Board has issued rules clarifying what prescribers must do to comply with those laws. Read More
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Pharmacy Board Limits Chloroquine Prescriptions

Per the National Institutes of Health (NIH) COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines, which cites insufficient clinical data, the Texas Medical Association COVID-19 Task Force recommends against using chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19, “except in a clinical trial.” Read More
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PMP Checks Won’t Be Necessary for In-Facility Medications, TMB Says

Thanks to Texas Medical Association advocacy, the Texas Medical Boardhas refocused its guidance on when physicians will be required to check the Texas Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) before prescribing certain medications starting March 1. Read More

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Texas Medicine continues its coverage of COVID-19, looking to what lies ahead for physicians who adopted telemedicine during the pandemic thanks largely to more flexible regulations and payment policies that made the technology transition possible. Those same physicians may continue to rely on telemedicine as they reopen their practices to an influx of patients with neglected health conditions as resources pour into fighting the pandemic and scared patients chose not to come to their doctors’ offices.

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