#TexMed attendees are checking out an Expo Hall filled with the latest technologies, services, and products to enhance patient care from solutions-based exhibitors. #TMA #TexMed 2024

Harvey Castro, MD, waded into the good, bad, and ugly of leveraging AI to enhance and protect patient care. “Let AI do the things we don’t want to do so we can practice medicine,” he said. “I see these tools as a supplement. At the end of the day, we need doctors in the loop.”

Criss-crossing the entire state of Texas to meet with physicians, medical students, and health systems, outgoing TMA President Rick Snyder II, MD, was an outstanding advocate for medicine.

U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess, MD (R-Texas), accepting the TMA Distinguished Service Award: “This is a wonderful award, and I’m really appreciative of it, but none of this would have happened without the TMA.”

TexMed 2024 kicks off this morning at the OmniHotel in Dallas. It’s going to be an action-packed two days discussing heath care policy, sharpening our leadership skills, and electing #TMA and #TMA A leadership.
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Senate Committee Weighs Medicare Payment Reform.

Citing vulnerable patients’ access-to-care challenges, federal lawmakers once again considered Medicare physician payment reform, this time as part of bolstering care for... hubs.li/Q02t-H5X0

Cigna to Deny Claims Without Z-Code Documentation.

The update, which applies when combining certain E/M and preventive codes, may add to physicians’ administrative burden. hubs.li/Q02t-Dty0

New Federal Rules Limit Short-Term Insurance Plans, Enhance Protections. The rules strengthen consumer protections related to short-term plans, which #TMA has long cautioned patients may mistake as comprehensive coverage. hubs.li/Q02tHVgB0

Prospective Private Practice Committee Accepting Nominations.

In written testimony to the U.S. House Ways & Means Committee, #TMA highlights the access-to-care challenges created by the law’s flawed implementation, which prompted TMA’s lawsuits. hubs.li/Q02tc8mK0

Lawmakers Take Up Fallout From Change Healthcare Cyberattack
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Lawmakers rip UnitedHealth at Change Healthcare hearing

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Novitas Solutions Warns of Top 10 Medicare Claims Errors.

If left uncorrected, these common errors will lead to denied claims and prevent payment from Medicare. hubs.li/Q02sW-fC0

Fingerprinting Services to Be Offered at TexMed.

Because many Texas physicians now are required to provide fingerprints to renew their medical licenses, TMA has contracted to make these services available at TexMed for registered conference attendees. hubs.li/Q02sX1v00

CMS to Test Prior Auth Requirements for Certain ASC Procedures.

Medicare will assess whether prior authorization requirements decrease potential fraud – and spending – related to 40 services with cosmetic benefits in the (ASC) setting. hubs.li/Q02stC2K0

Still Beating: Outgoing TMA President “Won't Stop Knocking on Legislators' Doors”.

Cardiologist Rick Snyder, MD, is known for hard-hitting, long-standing advocacy efforts that have brought him into legislative chambers and regulators’ offices.
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TMA Debuts Leadership Program for Physicians at Every Career Stage.

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Innovate: Cutting-Edge Expo Hall

In addition to exciting exhibitors with innovative products and services, the TexMed 2024 Expo Hall features new opportunities to mix and mingle. Join more than 1,000 of your colleagues for TMA’s largest annual conference May 2-4 in Dallas.

Great turnout at the Chicken Farm Art Center for TMA’s listening event with San Angelo physicians.

TMA’s first Listening Session with Texas physicians gets underway in San Angelo. #TMA

Nearly 500 physician delegates attend TMA’s House of Delegates annual meeting to develop relevant, meaningful policy that benefits Texas physicians and their patients. If you’re a delegate, sign up for TexMed 2024 today.

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