A Publication of the Texas Medical Association
Texas Medicine is a bimonthly magazine from TMA available to members and presents timely information on public health, medicolegal issues, medical economics, science, medical education, and legislative affairs affecting Texas physicians and their patients.
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The Insurance Issue
From AI-driven downcoding to narrower networks, stalled No Surprises Act payments, Medicare Advantage's reshaping of the payer mix, and gold-card promises that haven't delivered, this issue traces how insurers are squeezing Texas physicians – and where TMA is pushing back.
Uneven Field: Medicine contends payers undermine the No Surprises Act’s intended balance
Squeeze Play: Narrow networks pinch Texas physicians and patients
Code Red: Automated downcoding shrinks physician payment
Half Measure: Texas physicians remain skeptical of prior auth reform pledges
Perceived Benefit: Medicare Advantage’s growth reshapes payer mix and patient care
Other news
Panel Discussion: Grace Farris, MD, portrays motherhood and medicine through illustrations
Beyond Medicine: Texas medical schools expand degree offerings for future physicians
Looking Back: A Simpler Bill, A Simpler Era
Deaths
Back Issues
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Index to Texas Medicine
Medical terminology is based on usage of MeSH, the National Library of Medicine's Medical Subject Headings, which are used in Index Medicus. If a term does not appear in MeSH, then the author's usage or common usage is preferred.
Each index consists of three parts: the subject index, the author index, and the index of deaths.
Texas Medicine, Volume 116, 2020
Subject, Author, Deaths
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