Take TMA With You
The TMA website is now optimized for viewing on mobile devices. Log on to www.texmed.mobi to get all the news, contact information, continuing medical education, practice help, and member services in the palm of your hand. If you're reading this on a mobile device, any link to a story on TMA's website will bring up the mobile version of the page. (Source: Blogged_Arteries)
Source: Blogged_Arteries - April 12, 2013 Category: Health Management Source Type: news
TMA Webinar Teaches Fraud/Abuse Avoidance
Tune in Thursday, April 25, for a live one-hour webinar on avoiding allegations of fraud and abuse. The webinar, Avoiding Fraud and Abuse, begins at 6 pm CDT. (Source: Blogged_Arteries)
Source: Blogged_Arteries - April 12, 2013 Category: Health Management Source Type: news
Experience TEDMED 2013 Free – Courtesy of TMA
TMA has been accepted as a simulcast site for TEDMED 2013, and we hope members can join us at the TMA building on Wednesday, April 17, for the exhilarating speakers and invigorating discussion. (Source: Blogged_Arteries)
Source: Blogged_Arteries - April 11, 2013 Category: Health Management Source Type: news
Doom No More
TMA's "Calendar of Doom" is now "Deadlines for Doctors: Do This Now." (Source: Blogged_Arteries)
Source: Blogged_Arteries - April 1, 2013 Category: Health Management Source Type: news
IRS Owes Some of You Money
TMA has learned that if you were in residency or fellowship training between Jan. 1, 1995, and March 31, 2005, you may qualify for a refund of Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) taxes collected on your stipend during that time. (Source: Blogged_Arteries)
Source: Blogged_Arteries - March 28, 2013 Category: Health Management Source Type: news
EHR Incentive Payments Are Taxable Income
Incentives paid under the Medicare electronic health record (EHR) incentive program are taxable, the Internal Revenue Service ruled in February. (Source: Blogged_Arteries)
Source: Blogged_Arteries - March 19, 2013 Category: Health Management Source Type: news
Medicaid Expansion, Scope Win Steal Legislative Limelight
While lawmakers scramble to fashion a budget at the halfway mark of the 2013 legislative session, Medicaid expansion remains a focal point. Gov. Rick Perry remains staunchly opposed as pressure mounts on state leaders to find a way to expand the program using billions of dollars available under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. (Source: Blogged_Arteries)
Source: Blogged_Arteries - March 15, 2013 Category: Health Management Source Type: news
Medicare Sequester Fee Cut Begins April 1
Medicare will cut physician payments for fee-for-service claims with dates of service on or after April 1 by 2 percent, thanks to the failure of Congress and President Obama to avoid across-the-board federal spending reductions required by the federal budget sequestration that took effect March 1. (Source: Blogged_Arteries)
Source: Blogged_Arteries - March 15, 2013 Category: Health Management Source Type: news
TMA, CMS, Justice Fight ID Theft
Learn how to protect your practice and patients by preventing fraud through identity theft at a two-hour seminar in Dallas on April 17. TMA, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Senior Medicare Patrol are sponsoring the seminar. (Source: Blogged_Arteries)
Source: Blogged_Arteries - March 15, 2013 Category: Health Management Source Type: news
Sequester Cuts Medicare Fees Starting April 1
Medicare payments to physicians will drop 2 percent because Congress and President Obama failed to avoid the sequestration budget cuts. Although the sequestration takes effect March 1, an American Medical Association advisory says the Medicare fee reductions will not begin until April 1. (Source: Blogged_Arteries)
Source: Blogged_Arteries - March 1, 2013 Category: Health Management Source Type: news
Nominate Local Stories for Anson Jones Award
For the first time, physicians and county medical societies can nominate local journalists for the TMA Anson Jones, MD, Award, which recognize excellence in health journalism in Texas. So let TMA know if you see or hear an outstanding health-related TV or radio news story, or read a top-notch news article or blog. (Source: Blogged_Arteries)
Source: Blogged_Arteries - February 26, 2013 Category: Health Management Source Type: news
Congress Takes Up Medicine's Plea on SGR, IPAB
TMA officials are optimistic about proposals to reform Medicare's physician payment system this year, a top goal for the association's federal legislative agenda. (Source: Blogged_Arteries)
Source: Blogged_Arteries - February 26, 2013 Category: Health Management Source Type: news
Feds Reject Request to Delay ICD-10
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) officials rejected organized medicine's request to delay implementation of the ICD-10 coding system. That means the new coding system will take effect Oct. 1, 2014. (Source: Blogged_Arteries)
Source: Blogged_Arteries - February 25, 2013 Category: Health Management Source Type: news
TMA Wants HIT Safety Czar
Federal officials should appoint a "highly visible HIT Safety Czar" to help protect patients from adverse events caused by electronic health record (EHR) systems functioning improperly, TMA says in a letter to the director of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. (Source: Blogged_Arteries)
Source: Blogged_Arteries - February 14, 2013 Category: Health Management Source Type: news
TMA Offers New Member Benefits
Your TMA membership gives you access to exclusive discounts on a variety of products and services. Don't miss out on the latest member benefits. (Source: Blogged_Arteries)
Source: Blogged_Arteries - February 14, 2013 Category: Health Management Source Type: news
