Texas Medicine Today - May 2024

May 31, 2024

• TDI Debuts Network Adequacy Waiver Hearings
• BCBSTX May Request Medical Records for Medicare Advantage Members
• Physicians Must Validate Email to Avoid Medicaid Disenrollment, Payment Delays

May 30, 2024

• Physicians Must Validate Email to Avoid Medicaid Disenrollment, Payment Delays
• DEADLINE TOMORROW: New APM Committee Accepting Nominations
• Meet Your 2024-25 Board of Trustees: Lee Ann Pearse, MD

May 29, 2024

• BCBSTX May Request Medical Records for Medicare Advantage Members
• Meet Your 2024-25 Board of Trustees: Cynthia Jumper, MD
• Galveston, Austin Clinics Receive TMAF Health Awards

May 28, 2017

• TDI Debuts Network Adequacy Waiver Hearings
• Meet Your 2024-25 Board of Trustees: Joseph S. Valenti, MD

May 24, 2024

• New APM Committee Accepting Nominations
• TMA Urges Framework for Innovative Coverage, Cancer Prevention to Senate Committee

May 23, 2024

• New APM Committee Accepting Nominations

May 22, 2024

• TMA Urges Framework for Innovative Coverage, Cancer Prevention to Senate Committee
• The Great Masquerader: Congenital Syphilis Plagues Texas
• LSC Bestows Scholarships to Four Future Physicians Dedicated to the Medically Underserved

May 21, 2024

• The Waco Way: How This Addiction Medicine Specialist Targets Primary Care Challenges
• Innovation for Every Age: Texas Primary Care Physicians Improve Access for Older Patients
• New Medicare Advantage Rules Aim to Improve Access, Equity
• Meet Your 2024-25 TMA Sections Executive Councils

May 20, 2024

• The Secret Handshake: TMA Experts Identify Medical Documentation Missteps
• Congressional Committees Grill United CEO Over Cyberattack
• Cigna to Deny Claims Without Z-Code Documentation

 May 17, 2024

• New TMA Policies Aim to Strengthen Physician Workforce Pipeline
• Delegates Prioritize Noncompetes, Physician Payment Reform
• TMA House Emphasizes Women’s, Reproductive Health Ahead of Legislative Session

May 16, 2024

• Delegates Emphasize Women’s, Reproductive Health Ahead of Legislative Session
• New Medicare Advantage Rules Aim to Improve Access, Equity
• Driver's Ed: Texas Program Empowers Residents to Address Nonmedical Drivers of Health

May 15, 2024

• TMB Proposed Rules on Abortion Ban Exceptions Invite TMA Opposition
• New TMA Policies Aim to Strengthen Physician Workforce Pipeline
• TMA Urges Framework for Innovative Coverage, Cancer Prevention to Senate Committee
• Valuable Screentime: Telemedicine Paves the Way for Increased Access

May 14, 2024

• TMA House Prioritizes Noncompetes, Physician Payment Reform
• Congressional Committees Grill United CEO Over Cyberattack
• Billing Codes for Complex Care Can Maximize Revenue, Patient Access

May 13, 2024

• Dues Increase, Independent Practice Committee Approved by TMA House
• “Your Voice Has Power:” Dr. Glaucomflecken Lauds Texas Physician Advocacy
• TMA House Elects New Leadership

May 10, 2024

• How Robust Cybersecurity Can Safeguard Practices
•  Mental Health Care to Expand With State Hospital Renovations Under Way

May 9, 2024

• Physicians Advocate, Educate, Innovate at TexMed 2024
• Physician-Legislator Burgess Wins TMA’s Highest Honor
• Walk with a Doc Takes Steps to Improve Texans’ Health

May 8, 2024

• TMA Workforce Report Underscores Access Challenges, Advocacy Wins

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