How to spur Congress to act: 7 essential elements of storytelling
Republished with permission from AMA Wire® The struggle with electronic health records (EHR) is real, and Congress needs to hear from physicians.  But how can you make your story... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: TMA Blogged Arteries)
Source: TMA Blogged Arteries - November 10, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: Steve Levine Source Type: blogs

How to spur Congress to act: 7 essential elements of storytelling
Republished with permission from AMA Wire® The struggle with electronic health records (EHR) is real, and Congress needs to hear from physicians.  But how can you make your story... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: TMA Blogged Arteries)
Source: TMA Blogged Arteries - November 10, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: steve.levine at texmed.org Source Type: blogs

Health Insurers ’ Narrow Networks Putting Squeeze on Patients
Health insurance companies are sharply limiting the number of physicians and hospitals they include in their networks as a tool to limit how much they have to pay in covered benefits. Narrow networks... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: TMA Blogged Arteries)
Source: TMA Blogged Arteries - November 9, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: Steve Levine Source Type: blogs

Health Insurers’ Narrow Networks Putting Squeeze on Patients
Health insurance companies are sharply limiting the number of physicians and hospitals they include in their networks as a tool to limit how much they have to pay in covered benefits. Narrow networks... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: TMA Blogged Arteries)
Source: TMA Blogged Arteries - November 9, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: steve.levine at texmed.org Source Type: blogs

Health Insurers ’ Narrow Networks Putting Squeeze on Patients
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Source: TMA Blogged Arteries - November 8, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: steve.levine at texmed.org Source Type: blogs

What Exactly IS Wrong With EHRs?
Many thanks to David Fleeger, MD, of Austin, a member of the TMA Board of Trustees, for taking the time to explain electronic health records and Meaningful Use on this TV show. He even managed to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: TMA Blogged Arteries)
Source: TMA Blogged Arteries - November 5, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: Steve Levine Source Type: blogs

What Exactly IS Wrong With EHRs?
Many thanks to David Fleeger, MD, of Austin, a member of the TMA Board of Trustees, for taking the time to explain electronic health records and Meaningful Use on this TV show. He even managed to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: TMA Blogged Arteries)
Source: TMA Blogged Arteries - November 5, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: steve.levine at texmed.org Source Type: blogs

Get Social This Month With a Free Book Excerpt From TMA
Looking for a road map to arrive at a stronger social media presence? This month, we ’re offering help to get you more social savvy. During October, visit the TMA Education Center to download a free... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: TMA Blogged Arteries)
Source: TMA Blogged Arteries - September 30, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: Steve Levine Source Type: blogs

Get Social This Month With a Free Book Excerpt From TMA
Looking for a road map to arrive at a stronger social media presence? This month, we’re offering help to get you more social savvy. During October, visit the TMA Education Center to download a free... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: TMA Blogged Arteries)
Source: TMA Blogged Arteries - September 30, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: steve.levine at texmed.org Source Type: blogs

AMA Calls for Two-Year ICD-10 Grace Period If It Can’t Stop the Train
(CHICAGO) – Following up on yesterday’s story (ICD-10: Stop This Freight Train ... Or At Least Install Seat Belts!), we can report that the American Medical Association House of Delegates today... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: TMA Blogged Arteries)
Source: TMA Blogged Arteries - June 8, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: steve.levine at texmed.org Source Type: blogs

AMA Calls for Two-Year ICD-10 Grace Period If It Can ’t Stop the Train
(CHICAGO) – Following up on yesterday’s story (ICD-10: Stop This Freight Train ... Or At Least Install Seat Belts!), we can report that the American Medical Association House of Delegates today... < br/ > < br/ > [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] < div class="feedflare" > < a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BloggedArteries?a=tEkVhYgiHgw:fNumnrOUvvU:yIl2AUoC8zA" > < img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BloggedArteries?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0" > < /img > < /a > < a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BloggedArteries?a=tEkVhYgiHgw:fNumnrOUvvU:V_sG...
Source: TMA Blogged Arteries - June 7, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: steve.levine at texmed.org Source Type: blogs

Sue Bailey, MD, Elected Speaker of AMA House of Delegates
(CHICAGO) -- With an uncontested race, the outcome was all but certain ... but the celebration was real. After a four-year stint in the No. 2 spot, Fort Worth allergist Sue Bailey, MD, today won... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: TMA Blogged Arteries)
Source: TMA Blogged Arteries - June 7, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: steve.levine at texmed.org Source Type: blogs

ICD-10: Stop This Freight Train ... Or At Least Install Seat Belts!
(CHICAGO) -- Staring down the muzzle of the Oct. 1 mandatory deadline to implement the ICD-10 coding system, the American Medical Association House of Delegates searched for multiple ways to help... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: TMA Blogged Arteries)
Source: TMA Blogged Arteries - June 7, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: steve.levine at texmed.org Source Type: blogs

Failure to Address Physician ICD-10 Concerns, Misalignment of Federal Health IT Priorities are Strategic Blunders
This article was originally published in Digitized Medicine on May 18, 2015. Reprinted with permission. Texas Representative Ted Poe has introduced H.R. 2126, the Cutting Costly Codes Act of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: TMA Blogged Arteries)
Source: TMA Blogged Arteries - May 18, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: steve.levine at texmed.org Source Type: blogs

TMA Endorses Medicare Reform Bill
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Source: TMA Blogged Arteries - March 19, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: steve.levine at texmed.org Source Type: blogs