Texas Medicine Today - April 2024

April 30, 2024

• Texas Senate Interim Charges Underscore TMA Legislative Priorities
• Data-Driven Interventions: TMA Zeroes in on Quality Opioid Care
• Cigna to Deny Claims Without Z-Code Documentation  

 April 29, 2024

• TMA Payment Resource Center Recovers Millions for Texas Practices
• Cigna Launches Digital Newsroom for Payer Updates

April 26, 2024

• Feds Extend Marketplace Special Enrollment Amid Medicaid Unwinding
• New Federal Rules Limit Short-Term Insurance Plans, Enhance Protections
• Cigna to Deny Claims Without Z-Code Documentation
• Deadline Extended: Apply to TMA's Diversity In Medicine Scholarship 
• Practice Viability Consequences of Cyberattack Weighed by House Subcommittee

April 25, 2024

• Cigna to Deny Claims Without Z-Code Documentation
• Senate Committee Weighs Medicare Physician Payment Reform
• CMS Finalizes 2025 Medicare Advantage Payment Rates

April 23, 2024

• New Federal Rules Limit Short-Term Insurance Plans, Enhance Protections

April 22, 2024

• Practice Viability Consequences of Cyberattack Weighed by House Subcommittee
• Feds Extend Marketplace Special Enrollment Amid Medicaid Unwinding
• Postpartum Coverage Extension Brings Payment Complexities

April 19, 2024

• Novitas Solutions Warns of Top 10 Medicare Claims Errors
• CMS Finalizes 2025 Medicare Advantage Payment Rates
• TMA Spotlights Access Threats Posed by No Surprises Act to House Committee

April 18, 2024

• TMA Spotlights Access Threats Posed by No Surprises Act to House Committee
• Medicare May Seek Payment Recoupment for 2023 Claims

April 17, 2024

• CMS Finalizes 2025 Medicare Advantage Payment Rates
• Medicare Advantage – and Disadvantage: Program Enrollment Grows Amid Physician Concerns

April 16, 2024

• Fingerprinting Services to Be Offered at TexMed 
• Novitas Solutions Warns of Top 10 Medicare Claims Errors
• Aetna Set to Pay Medicare Advantage G2211 Claims

April 15, 2024

• Cigna Launches Digital Newsroom for Payer Updates
• Prospective Private Practice Committee Accepting Nominations
• DEADLINE TODAY: Submit 2023 MIPS Data to Avoid Medicare Pay Cut

April 12, 2024

• Postpartum Coverage Extension Brings Payment Complexities
• Medicare May Seek Payment Recoupment for 2023 Claims
• CMS to Test Prior Auth Requirements for Certain ASC Procedures   

April 11, 2024

• CMS to Test Prior Auth Requirements for Certain ASC Procedures
• Medicare Debuts Primary Care Payment Model  

April 10, 2024

• TMA Payment Resource Center Recovers Millions for Texas Practices
• Medicare May Seek Payment Recoupment for 2023 Claims

April 9, 2024

• Data-Driven Interventions: TMA Zeroes in on Quality Opioid Care
• TMA Weighs in on Trauma, Emergency System Rules Update
• An Unfailing Voice for Medicine: TMA Honors Kenneth Mattox, MD

April 8, 2024

• Postpartum Coverage Extension Brings Payment Complexities
• Texas Expands Tobacco Cessation Services
• All One Family: Alliance Presidents Share Passion for the Family of Medicine

April 5, 2024

• Aetna Set to Pay Medicare Advantage G2211 Claims

April 4, 2024

• TMA Debuts Leadership Program for Physicians at Every Career Stage
• Still Beating: Outgoing TMA President “Won't Stop Knocking on Legislators' Doors”
• Testify Online on TMA Business Items by April 12 

April 3, 2024

• Incoming TMA President Aims for Practice Protections, Membership Gains
• TMA's Strategic Plan Prioritizes Wellness for Patients and Physicians

April 2, 2024

• New Federal IDR Data Highlight Importance of Ongoing TMA Advocacy
• Feds Capitulate to Some of TMA’s NSA Regulatory Challenges Amid Appeal
• Extensions to End for Dispute Resolution Process Under No Surprises Act
• Deadline Extended: Apply to TMA's Diversity In Medicine Scholarship

April 1, 2024

• Aetna Set to Pay Medicare Advantage G2211 Claims
• TMA to Start 2024 Listening Tour
• TMA Vaccination Grants Connect Hard-to-Reach Patients; Apply by May 1

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