111th U.S. Congress

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Six Things to Know About Medicare ACOs

The health system reform law establishes a new breed of health care delivery system called accountable care organizations (ACOs). (Action, Sept. 1, 2010)

Texas Medicare Manifesto II

Every year, for almost a decade, organized medicine and Congress go through the same tedious motions. Physicians plead with Congress: “Fix the faulty funding formula Medicare uses to pay physicians: Make it fair.” The current payment system ensures that hospitals, nursing homes, pharmaceutical companies, Medicare HMOs, and many other Medicare providers receive an automatic cost-of-living increase. Meanwhile, doctors — the frontline people who take care of sick and injured Medicare patients — have to scramble to avoid dramatic pay cuts. Medicare patients, especially the elderly, struggle as more physicians who no longer can afford to take new Medicare patients leave the program. More...

CHIP

CHIP: State Experiences in Implementing SCHIP and Considerations for Reauthorization (PDF) (GAO, February 2007)
A Decade of SCHIP Experience and Issues for Reauthorization (PDF) (Kaiser)

Health System Reform

Health Reform Law Concerns Physicians (Action, Aug. 2, 2010)
The Work Ahead: TMA, State Leaders Look to Shape Health System Reform in Texas (Texas Medicine, July 2010)
The New Normal: Lengthy Bill Changes Health Care System (Texas Medicine, June 2010)
What It Means: TMA Analyzes Pros and Cons of Health System Reform Law (Texas Medicine, May 2010)
Summary - HR 3590: Health System Reform Bill
TMA's Health System Reform Guiding Principles (March 2009)
Health System Reform (Texas Medicine, June 2009)
Texas Doctors: “Senate Health Plan Bad Medicine for Our Patients” (Nov. 21, 2009)
Health Reform 'Health Calls': TMA Meetings Help Physicians, Patients Shape Debate (Texas Medicine, October 2009)
Foundation Says HSR Balloons Health Cost (Action, Sept. 15, 2009)
AMA Defines Seven Health Reform Principles (Action, Sept. 15, 2009)
Take Your Health Care Concerns to the Top
Americans on Health Care Reform: Top 10 Takeaways Key Findings from Gallup Surveys (July 31, 2009)
Border Health Caucus Response to The New Yorker Article: "The Cost Conundrum" (July 6, 2009)
TMA: Reform Must Provide Patient Access While Protecting Freedoms (June 17, 2009)
Obama Touts Health Reform at AMA Meeting (June 16, 2009)
President Obama Brings His Health System Reform Proposals to U.S. Physicians (June 15, 2009)
TMA in Washington D.C. (March 6, 2009)
Kaiser Health Reform Gateway
Texas Stimulus Fund

Medicare

Six Things to Know About Medicare ACOs (Action, Sept. 1, 2010)
House Approves Medicare Fee Increase (Action, June 24, 2010)
Save Medicare Petition Gains Momentum (Action, May 3, 2010)
Congress Turns Its Back on Medicare Patients Again (April 15, 2010)
Caring for Patients in a Time of Change (March 25, 2010)
Medicare Fee Schedule Still Stings (Jan. 13, 2010)
Medicare Fee Cuts Delayed
CMS Moves Ahead With Medicare Fee Cut (Action, Nov. 16, 2009)
Drugs Removed from Medicare’s Physician Payment Formula (July 2, 2009)
Senate Fails to Act on Medicare

Responsible Ownership

TMA to Congress: Stop Pretending Ownership Limits Save Money (May 7, 2008)
It's the Care That Counts: Doctor Hospital Ownership Fight Draws Near - Texas Medicine (April 2008)

Resources

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United States House of Representatives
United States Senate
The White House

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Incoming TMA President Ray Callas, MD's 26 years of experience as a member have prepared him to lead the association at a time when Texas physicians face economic challenges and when the state simultaneously faces a record influx of new physicians amid a workforce shortage. Both, he says, are opportunities that put organized medicine in a unique position to offer feasible solutions. TMA also debuts its newest leadership development program for physicians at every career stage, and the TMA Alliance’s outgoing and incoming presidents share their passion for building and bonding the Family of Medicine. Plus, learn how TMA’s Physician Payment Resources Center communicates with payers on behalf of physicians’ best interests.

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