June 5, 2015
- WHAT: In the next few days, Texas
physicians will urge the American Medical Association’s (AMA’s) House of
Delegates, the national organization’s policymaking body, to adopt policy
recommendations developed by Texas physicians. The physician leaders from the
Texas Medical Association (TMA) are attending the AMA annual meeting in Chicago.
- WHEN: Friday-Wednesday, June 5-10, 2015
- WHERE: AMA
annual meeting in Chicago
- WHO: TMA Texas
Delegation member physicians from across Texas
- POLICY HIGHLIGHTS: Following up on the directives of
the TMA House of Delegates, Texas physicians are presenting four resolutions
for consideration by the AMA house. They are:
- A
call for AMA to ask Congress to act rapidly to repeal all penalties for
noncompliance with Medicare’s electronic health records incentive program and
meaningful use requirements;
- A
call for AMA to work with Congress to require real-time notification to
physicians when patients are within the 45- or 30-day COBRA grace period;
- A
request for AMA to “evaluate and work to establish consensus regarding the
appropriate value of resident and fellow services”; and
- A
directive for AMA to support legislation to “prevent and divert prostitution”
rather than criminalize it.
The Texas Delegation to the AMA is made up of 36 physicians, residents,
and medical students from across the state who serve as delegates or alternate
delegates. They practice in and around Austin, Dallas/Fort Worth, El Paso,
Houston, Lubbock, Nacogdoches, San Antonio, Temple, and Tyler-Longview. Together
with the fellow delegates from across the nation, they debate and adopt policy
directing the AMA’s actions.
TMA is
the largest state medical society in the nation, representing more than 48,000
physician and medical student members. It is located in Austin and has 110
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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Contacts:
Brent
Annear, Office (512) 370-1381, Cell (512) 656-7320, brent.annear[at]texmed[dot]org
Steve
Levine, Office (512) 370-1380, Cell (512) 750-0971, steve.levine[at]texmed[dot]org
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Last Updated On
February 01, 2017
Originally Published On
June 05, 2015