Sept. 11, 2014
- WHAT: Top leaders and health care and media experts will
gather in Bastrop to discuss the Texas Medical Association’s (TMA’s) vison
and develop strategies for a strong, effective, and efficient health care
system that will enhance the physical health of Texans and the economic
health of the state.
TMA
Fall Conference features a legislative health care update and a forecast of the
upcoming elections and their potential effects on patients and physicians. Also
on the agenda is a discussion of TMA’s Healthy
Vision 2020, the association’s outline to meet Texas’ health care
challenges and care for patients in a time of change; and a presentation on Choosing Wisely®, the physician-led
campaign creating a national conversation about doing the right thing at the
right time for patients, and avoiding unnecessary care.
WHERE: Hyatt Lost Pines, Ballroom 5, 575 Hyatt Lost Pines Rd., Cedar Creek
WHEN: Saturday, Sept. 13, 2013, 8:45-11:45 am (see schedule below)
SCHEDULE OF
EVENTS AND SPEAKERS
8:45-9:15
am
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Opening Remarks
Austin King, MD, TMA
President
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9:15-10 am
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Choosing Wisely ®: Ensuring the Right Care at the Right
Time
Lisa L. Ehrlich, MD, chair,
TMA Council on Health Care Quality;
Donald E. Wesson, MD, MBA,
Baylor Scott & White Health and immediate past chair, ABIM Foundation
Board of Trustees
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10-10:30
am
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Texas Legislative Health Care Update
Sen. Jane Nelson (R-Flower
Mound)
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10:45-11:05 am
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TMA’s Goals: Healthy
Vision 2020 Discussion
Dawn
C. Buckingham, MD, chair, TMA Council on Legislation
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11:05-11:45 am
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Texas Legislative
Candidate Races and Texas Health Care Implications
Evan
Smith, CEO and editor in chief, The
Texas Tribune
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Reporters, please feel free to call or ask for Brent
Annear or Pam Udall upon arrival, and one of us will help guide you to the
meeting and line up any interviews you may need.
TMA is the largest state medical society in the nation, representing more than 47,000 physician and medical student members. It is located in Austin and has 112 component county medical societies around the state. TMA’s key objective since 1853 is to improve the health of all Texans.
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Last Updated On
June 17, 2016
Originally Published On
September 11, 2014