5 Reasons True Conservatives Should be Cheering the Medicare Reform Plan
Texas physicians, of course, are applauding the news
reports that a bipartisan plan to repeal Medicare’s Sustainable Growth Rate
(SGR) formula is picking up steam.
Physicians are tired of the...
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The Faces of First Tuesdays
A snapshot of a few of the 300 physicians, medical students, and TMA Alliance members who came to be lobbyists for a day at the February 2015 First Tuesdays at the Capitol.
Register now for the...
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Announcing TMA PracticeEdge
Texas Physicians to Benefit from First-Of-Its Kind Organization Created by Texas Medical Association and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas
TMA PracticeEdge to Offer Physicians Options...
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The Doctors Are In the House - First Tuesdays - Feb. 3, 2015
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Emergency Response Protocols for Suspected Ebola in Urgent Care and Primary Care Settings
By Brian B. Rogers1, DO, MPH; David M. Weitzman1,3, MD; Gregory S. Buzard2, PhD; Alexandra Boyd-Rogers
Publisher's Note: Dr. Rogers and his colleagues prepared these protocols to help...
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A "Bright New Day" for VA Health Care?
(DALLAS) - The issue of veterans’ access to timely health care returned to the American Medical Association House of Delegates this weekend in a far more positive light than it enjoyed five months...
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Is This Any Way to Treat a Doctor?
Our Facebook page is exploding with likes, shares, and comments on our new Doctors Are Under Siege by the Federal Regulatory Barrage flyer. It has garnered rave reviews from physicians around Texas...
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Six Serious Problems with "Value-Based" Purchasing and How to Solve Them
By Harold D. Miller, president and CEO of the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform.
Both
patients and healthcare providers could be harmed by the measures of healthcare
spending...
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Veterans' Needs 'Should Drive Where They Get Their Care'
Provided by Kaiser Health News.
By Mary Agnes Carey
KHN Staff Writer
JUL 14, 2014
On Capitol Hill, lawmakers resume work this week to resolve differences over legislationaimed at...
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#AMAmtg Calls for Care for Vets Outside of Troubled VA
Dr. Lockhart
(Chicago) - Led by the delegations from Texas and Florida, the American Medical Association House of Delegates today called on President Barack Obama to "to take immediate action to...
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Russ Wins!
(CHICAGO) - We're so very proud of Russ Kridel, MD, of Houston, who won election today to the Board of Trustees of the American Medical Association.
Dr. Kridel is extremely dedicated to physicians...
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Drs. Bailey, Lockhart Win #AMAmtg Elections
Clockwise from lower left: Ms. Hamouie and Ms. Bailey with Romero Santiago,
UT Southwestern; Dr. Sue Bailey; Dr. Kridel; Dr. Ejesieme; and Dr. Lockhart
CHICAGO - Two Texas physicians secured...
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Texans Stand for Patients, Texas Docs at #AMAmtg
CHICAGO - From improving access to care for veterans to helping young physicians manage their mountains of student debt, Texas physicians, residents, and medical students lent their voices to...
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AMA Foundation Honors Anu Atluru with National Leadership Award
CHICAGO -- Anu Atluru, a medical student at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, is a recipient of the American Medical Association Foundation’s 2014 Leadership Award. This national...
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Texas Takes Three Candidates, Six Resolutions to AMA House
The Texas Delegation will have plenty of work to do when the American Medical Association House of Delegates convenes in Chicago this month. Actually, it looks like the delegation can put a checkmark...
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