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    TMA staff includes expert coders, reimbursement specialists, and other certified professionals who provide everything from hands-on practice consulting services, to personalized reimbursement assistance for your payment problems.

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  • Practice Pointers Newsletter

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          • Get TMA’s new practice management newsletter, Practice Pointers! From obtaining accurate reimbursement from payers, to ensuring adequate staffing and retention levels, improving patient satisfaction scores, and more, you’ll want to be on the list to receive tips, exclusive content, and more!

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  • TMA Practice Consulting

    Whether you're a solo practitioner in a rural area, or a member of a 50-physician group, the TMA team of certified coders, HIPAA compliance officers, and other experienced professionals can provide comprehensive practice management help.

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    TMA Reimbursement Review and Resolution Service

    TMA’s free RRR Service goes to bat for members by helping to resolve issues related to insurance payments. TMA can help resolve issues with your payer network status, prompt-pay, and other reimbursement claims.

     

    Find Out About the RRR Service

  • Billing and Coding

    Billing  

    See the latest resources and information on all things billing and coding. Learn the do’s and don’ts, and get updates on constantly changing billing and coding requirements.

    Go to the Billing and Coding Resource Center  

  • Compliance

    Compliance  

    TMA gives you up-to-date resources and information on compliance topics such as HIPAA, medical records, prescribing, delegation of duties, OSHA, and more.

    Go to the Compliance Resource Center  

  • Clinical Quality and Payment

    Quality  

    Keep up with the ever-changing details of the quality payment programs, value-based care, care management, physician ranking and more.

    Go to the Clinical Quality and Payment Resource Center  

  • Health Information Technology

    HIT  

    Discover tools and current information on a variety of tech topics, including EHRs, e-prescribing, telemedicine, health information exchange and more.

    Go to the Health Information Technology Resource Center  

  • Insurance

    Insurance  

    Access the latest information on all-things insurance, including commercial insurance, Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP, Workers’ Comp and more.

    Go to the Insurance Resource Center  

  • Practice Operations

    Practice Operations  

    Get helpful information and resources on practice operations topics.

    ·       Human Resources

    ·       Marketing/Social Media

    ·       Patient/Customer Service

    ·       Selling/Closing a Practice

    ·       Starting a Practice

    ·       Practice Financials

    ·       Physician Insurance

    Go to the Practice Operations Resource Center  

  • TMA is helping to strengthen your practice by offering advice and creating a climate of medical success across the state.

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  • Top Practice Help Articles

    Policies and Procedures: A Guide for Medical Practices

    This updated resource is specific to Texas law and contains 550+ editable pages with 80+ template forms. Highlights include sections on Telehealth, Clinical Care and the CURES Act, as well as a 200-page HIPAA guide and inclusive language.

    Download the Guide

  • Let Your Patients Know You Use Telemedicine

    Telemedicine  

    During the COVID-19 public health emergency, many state and federal waivers were put in place to help expand the use of telemedicine.  
    That was all good news as many practices struggled financially because of decreased in-person patient visits. As you continue to use telemedicine, it’s important to let your patients know about it. 

    Get Some Tips  

  • Ask the TMA Knowledge Center

    Have practice help questions? Call or email the Knowledge Center.

    (800) 880-7955

     

  • A Gift To You: Free CME for TMA Members

    Thanks to a generous sponsorship from Texas Medical Association Insurance Trust, hundreds of CME courses in the TMA Education Center are FREE for members. Find a wide variety of practice help courses today.

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  • Shop Vendors Who Support TMA

    Connect with businesses and services to help you practice medicine in Texas.

  • Social Determinants of Health Resource Center

    Looking for resources to promote health equity? TMA’s Social Determinants of Health Resource Center provides a wealth of information for physicians seeking to learn more about social factors that drive health outcomes. The resource center includes links to educational material, screening tools, care management resources and more.

    View the Resource Center