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"TMA has opened doors for me professionally I never knew existed. TMA’s invaluable leadership and business education services led me to co-found my own emergency centers. My professional life has been fast-tracked in just five short years post-residency!"
- Gerad Troutman, MD, Emergency Medicine — Amarillo, Texas

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TMA Resource Centers:

Education and Articles:

TMA FREE Practice e-Tips on Practice Operations
TMA FREE Seminar for Residents: Starting in Medical Practice
TMA FREE Whitepaper (choose one and complete form): The Physician's Employment Contract Guide, Your Guide To Hiring A Practice Manager, or Managed Care Contract Guide
TMA FREE Templates: 'Practice Transition' Forms for starting in, closing or selling a practice
TMA's CME on Practice Operations

Hands-On Help from TMA Experts :

Practice Set-Up Services: Provides support to new practices by assessing business financials, the facility, and selected vendors, as well as recruiting and training staff.
Operations Assessment: Identifies opportunities for process improvements and revenue enhancements through a comprehensive, diagnostic practice review.
Revenue Cycle Assessment: Comprehensively reviews your front desk procedures, billing, collections and revenue cycle to identify opportunities for improvement.
Onsite Training*: TMA consultants provide onsite training based on "best practices" to help ensure smooth operations and compliance. *Continuing medical education credit is available.
Additional Practice Operation Consulting Services
Additional Practice Compliance Consulting Services

Vendor Discounts :

Texas Medical Liability Trust (TMLT): Medical liability insurance
Texas Medical Association Insurance Trust (TMAIT): Personal and group medical and life insurance
Officite: Medical websites that can help practices build a patient base
Global Payments Integrated: Advanced payment solutions designed exclusively for the medical industry
I.C. System: Medical collections

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Last Updated On

July 19, 2023

Originally Published On

July 31, 2017

Texas Medicine

How physicians practice – and how patients receive care – is changing, and finding the right practice model is not easy in today's marketplace. Yet Texas practices are thriving amid growth in employment and alternative payment models, and rising above challenges to independent practice with support from TMA, regardless of the path they choose. Plus, learn how one medical school is taking on artificial intelligence education and how school-based health centers are filling important care gaps.