Volume 121, Number 1 - January/February 2025
2025 Legislative Session Preview
Overcoming Obstacles (pages 9-13): TMA has established its top 10 priorities for the 2025 Texas legislative session, built around the overarching themes of access to care, practice viability, and physician autonomy. By Phil West
TMA's Top 10 Legislative Priorities for 2025 (pages 16-25)
Access to Care
Stop Scope of Practice Expansion Bills and Grow the Physician Workforce By Phil West
Protect Immunizations to Protect Public Health By Jessica Ridge
Practice Viability
Safeguard Medical Liability Protections By Alisa Pierce
Reform Prior Authorization and Streamline Medicaid Processes By Phil West
Seek Balanced Regulation of AI By Alisa Pierce
Physician Autonomy
Improve Women's Health and Clarify Life-of-the-Mother Exceptions By Jessica Ridge
Uphold Corporate Practice of Medicine Protections By Phil West
Develop a Noncompete Agreement Law That Works for All Physicians By Phil West
Six Ways to Get Involved in TMA Advocacy (page 14): How TMA members can get involved in the grassroots effort to advance medicine's agenda.
Other News:
Advancing Health Equity (pages 4-6): Karen Batory's 35-year career at TMA shaped public health for both the association and the state. By Alisa Pierce
Enhancing Awareness (pages 30-35): Physicians can help dispel myths to ease the syphilis epidemic in Texas. By Jessica Ridge
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