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Hiring Veterans Can Give Physician Practices Tax Advantages
texmed.org — “If you’ve recently hired — or will hire this year — a veteran who has been unemployed for at least four weeks during the year prior to the hire date, you may qualify for a tax credit of up to $9,600.” View full resource at texmed.org
Most Recently Shared on May 9, 2012 at 8:41 pm By:
Texas Medical Assoc. Medical Society
TMA E-Tips Hiring Veterans Can Give Physician Practices Tax Advantages: If you’ve recently hired — or will hire ... http://t.co/x4B1lLYA
Medical Emergency Continues for Medicare/Medicaid Patients
texmed.org — “A state budget cut to patients who rely on Medicare and Medicaid for their care is devastating physician practices and putting patient care in jeopardy. TMA President C. Bruce Malone, MD, told Rio Grande Valley physicians that TMA continues to work on the problem.” View full resource at texmed.org
Most Recently Shared on May 3, 2012 at 6:33 pm By:
Texas Medical Assoc. Medical Society
RT @b_n_tx: Really? Should docs have to get loans, spend savings just to care for Medicaid/Medicare patients? http://t.co/JiY3QZCb
Rio Grande Valley Physicians and Patients to Rally
texmed.org — “News conference and rally by physicians and their patients urging Texas leaders to rescind state budget cuts that threaten vital health care access for hundreds of thousands of “dual-eligible” Texans. Dual-eligible patients are old enough to qualify for Medicare and able to qualify for Medicaid assistance because of their income.” View full resource at texmed.org
Most Recently Shared on March 26, 2012 at 8:45 pm By:
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Rio Grande Valley Physicians and Patients to Rally http://t.co/I4jRkI5d
Hypertension G-Codes Causing Claim Denials
texmed.org — “A Physician Quality Reporting System measure for hypertension uses G-codes that are inactive due to an error. Consequently, Medicare has rejected or denied claims containing the G-codes associated with the measure.” View full resource at texmed.org
Most Recently Shared on March 22, 2012 at 7:20 pm By:
Texas Medical Assoc. Medical Society
TMA E-Tips Hypertension G-Codes Causing Claim Denials: A Physician Quality Reporting System measure for hyperten... http://t.co/qgA95ttv
5010 Enforcement Grace Period About to End
texmed.org — “March 31 is the final day of the government' s 90-day grace period for enforcement of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) version 5010 transaction standards. If you are not already using the 5010 standards, you must start or Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurers will reject your claims.” View full resource at texmed.org
Most Recently Shared on March 14, 2012 at 6:15 am By:
5010 Enforcement Grace Period About to End: March 31 is the final day of the government's 90-day grace period fo... http://t.co/ud8NNsBM
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texmed.org — “Need CME? We offer CME on tobacco cessation, ovarian cancer, cervical cancer, health disparities, and more. http://t.co/Knw2IGWo” View full resource at texmed.org
Most Recently Shared on February 7, 2012 at 5:09 pm By:
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TMAF Honors Medical Program, Clinics for Serving Patients
texmed.org — “The Texas Medical Association Foundation (TMAF) has presented its 2012 John P. McGovern Champion of Health and Secondary Award to two Texas programs aimed at serving uninsured and underinsured patients.” View full resource at texmed.org
Most Recently Shared on January 30, 2012 at 11:12 pm By:
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TMA Foundation honors two outstanding groups who help patients in need in their communities http://t.co/e4INuPhf
Judge Backs TMA on Patient Safety Issue
texmed.org — “State District Judge Rhonda Hurley signed her final judgment in favor of the Texas Medical Association and the patients it works to protect Monday. The judgment invalidates the Texas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners’ (TBCE) vestibular testing rule by declaring the test is beyond chiropractors’ lawful scope of chiropractic” View full resource at texmed.org
Most Recently Shared on December 20, 2011 at 5:38 pm By:
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Judge Backs TMA on Patient Safety Issue http://t.co/cuG3afZm
Texas Patients to Benefit From New Health Laws
texmed.org — “The health of all Texans will improve due to several new laws passed this year. Starting Sept. 1, patients will receive protection from new rules governing medical matters from student athletic concussions to health insurance policies to the physician workforce.” View full resource at texmed.org
Most Recently Shared on August 29, 2011 at 3:46 pm By:
Texas Medical Assoc. Medical Society
From testing babies' hearing to fracking rules (fracking? Yes, fracking), new Texas laws to help Texans' health - http://t.co/V8CCU7a
Law Aims to Lessen Harm From Student-Athlete Concussions
texmed.org — “A new law aims to keep students safer from concussions as they hit the playing field this school year.” View full resource at texmed.org
Most Recently Shared on August 24, 2011 at 10:41 pm By:
Texas Medical Assoc. Medical Society
Rt @b_n_tx: New law protecting student-athletes from #concussions' effects http://t.co/f1wKFXN
Risk Analysis Tool for Meaningful Use
texmed.org — “One of the required meaningful use criteria is to conduct a security risk analysis. To help physicians carry out this objective and comply with the HIPAA Security Rule, the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) has created a security risk analysis tool .” View full resource at texmed.org
Most Recently Shared on August 14, 2011 at 4:55 pm By:
Texas Medical Assoc. Medical Society
New Risk Analysis Tool for #MeaningfulUse http://ow.ly/62N0E #HIT
HIPAA Privacy and Security Audits Coming Soon
texmed.org — “A whole new round of audits — for compliance with HIPAA data security and privacy requirements — are set to begin in late 2011 or early 2012.” View full resource at texmed.org
Most Recently Shared on August 11, 2011 at 7:36 pm By:
Medicare EHR Incentive Program: Locations
texmed.org — “For the Medicare certified electronic health record (EHR) incentive program, how do I calculate the percentage of patient encounters that occurred in a location with a certified EHR?” View full resource at texmed.org
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DPS Tries to Catch Up on Controlled Substance Certificate Renewals
texmed.org — “The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is working to eliminate a backlog of physicians' applications to renew their Controlled Substance Certificates.” View full resource at texmed.org
Most Recently Shared on July 27, 2011 at 6:19 pm By:
POEP Health Organization and Medical Education
RT @texmed: DPS Tries to Catch Up on Controlled Substance Certificate Renewals http://ow.ly/5OO36 - IMPORTANT info for TX physicians
Texas College Students’ First Mandatory Test: Get Meningitis Vaccine
texmed.org — “As Texas students prepare for college, it’s critical they get vaccinated against meningococcal disease — more commonly called bacterial meningitis, says Donald Murphey, MD, a Fort Worth infectious disease specialist and advocate for TMA’s Be Wise — ImmunizeSM vaccine program.” View full resource at texmed.org
Most Recently Shared on July 22, 2011 at 8:02 pm By:
Texas Medical Assoc. Medical Society
Heads-up, TX college students: Had your meningitis shot yet? You need it now, before hitting campus --- http://t.co/ruTBuRF
