3/24/2023
Registration is now open for this great event happening Saturday, May 6, 2023. Take advantage of early bird pricing by registering no later than Friday, April 7 at 11:59pm CT.
3/10/2023
Join us in this interactive Q&A session as TMA staff speakers discuss how best to prepare your practice for upcoming changes, including Medicaid coverage, telehealth, and COVID vaccines and treatments.
3/10/2023
Established in 2017, the Family of Funds serves as the umbrella for TMAF funds and endowments that support the charitable health improvement and education goals of TMA.
3/10/2023
DCMS physicians and staff were in Austin this week for First Tuesday, advocating for important legislative issues alongside TMA.
2/24/2023
The physician organizations sent a letter to CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure thanking her and urging the agency to finalize proposed reforms that target the inappropriate use of prior-authorization requirements by Medicare Advantage plans.
2/24/2023
The COVID-19 public health emergency is set to end on May 11, after which some telehealth flexibilities will phase out. This TMA chart helps you understand which waivers will end when, and what that means for your practice.
2/24/2023
On February 9, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the Public Health Emergency (PHE) for COVID-19 will end on May 11, 2023.
2/17/2023
Multiple federal agencies are working on food is medicine projects, major organizations have pledged hundreds of millions in research funding, and billions more are being invested in food-focused startups.
2/17/2023
At least two bills have TMA on notice for threats that aim to weaken Texas’ landmark 2003 medical liability reforms meant to protect access to care and patient safety.
2/17/2023
The process, called COVID Open Ordering, allows practices to order multiple categories of vaccines together, rather than having to place separate orders for each vaccine brand and type.
2/10/2023
The Biden administration will end the federal Covid-19 public health emergency declaration on May 11, bringing an end to some of the free services that lawmakers had guaranteed patients in various Covid-19 relief laws.
2/10/2023
The Texas Medical Association is moving to a new email platform. Please help us ensure TMA emails arrive in your inbox and not in your spam folder.
2/10/2023
The Texas Medical Association is pleased by U.S. District Court ruling granting summary judgment motion. Read the full statement from TMA President Gary W. Floyd, MD.
2/3/2023
The move would formally restructure the federal coronavirus response to treat the virus as an endemic threat to public health that can be managed through agencies’ normal authorities.
2/3/2023
CDC laboratory testing identified the presence of the outbreak strain in opened EzriCare bottles with different lot numbers collected from two states.
2/3/2023
This TMA lawsuit against federal agencies challenges a steep administrative fee hike that will strip many physicians and health care providers of the arbitration process that Congress enacted.
1/27/2023
The Biden-Harris Administration has made expanding access to health insurance and lowering health care costs for America’s families a top priority.
1/27/2023
The task force introduced two new topics for preventive care and assigned new grades to two sets of preventive care strategies.
1/27/2023
The CDC presented data that is not surprising: most hospitalizations and deaths occur among older adults. Interestingly, children under 6 months are being hospitalized at about the same rates as those aged 50-64 years.
1/20/2023
One “reason for implementing the changes is physician and clinician burnout,” said Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA, as current prior authorization “causes delays and sometimes results in patients abandoning care."
1/20/2023
During this COCA Call, subject matter experts will provide an overview of COVID-19 epidemiology and the current variant landscape, and much more. Registration is not required.
1/20/2023
If you are interested in serving on a reference committee, complete the online Reference Committee Interest Form by Friday, Feb. 24. Volunteers will meet at least once virtually in executive session between May 1 & May 12 to review online testimony.
12/16/2022
The ADA Professional Practice Committee (PPC) updates the Standards of Care annually and strives to include discussion of emerging clinical considerations in the text.
12/16/2022
Despite ongoing litigation over certain aspects of the No Surprises Act, many of the patient protection components still took effect in 2022.
12/16/2022
The move is designed to give physicians more flexibility in protecting patients against COVID. The Pfizer vaccine traditionally has been offered in multi-dose vials.
12/9/2022
Senator Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, will be the next Texas Secretary of State, according to an announcement today from Governor Greg Abbott.
12/9/2022
“More children now have the opportunity to update their protection against COVID-19 with a bivalent COVID-19 vaccine, and we encourage parents and caregivers of those eligible to consider doing so – especially as we head into the holidays and winter
12/9/2022
TMA urges your active participation in this crucial advocacy effort. Unless Congress acts now, you and many of our colleagues face another big cut to your Medicare payments on Jan. 1.
12/2/2022
The Texas Medical Association announced it has filed a new lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, challenging certain portions of the Aug. 26, 2022, final rules implementing the federal No Surprises Act (NSA).
12/2/2022
COVID-19 seems to be on the verge of exploding in China. They are reporting record-high numbers—nearly 40,000 new infections per day. The biggest concern is China’s incomplete immunity wall when faced with infections.
12/2/2022
Preferentially prescribe amoxicillin tablets, capsules, or chew tabs for children able to take these formulations.
11/18/2022
Help, not discipline. That's the goal of this confidential Texas Medical Board program when an addictive disorder or another behavioral health problem impairs the physician’s ability to practice medicine.
11/18/2022
Sign up to volunteer on December 3rd and/or 4th to provide these crucial medical services to our community.
11/18/2022
The possibility of a winter surge in COVID cases and the need for more time to transition out of the public health emergency to a private market were two factors that contributed to the decision not to end the emergency status in January, one of the
11/11/2022
TMA created this toolkit to empower physicians, county medical societies, and TMA Alliance members with the information they need to stop the Medicare physician pay cut. TMA urges your active participation in this crucial advocacy effort.
11/11/2022
During this COCA call, the presenter will discuss CDC recommendations, implementation principles, and approaches to maximize benefits and minimize risks when starting, continuing, or discontinuing opioids for pain.
11/11/2022
Read more from the TMLT Risk Management Department on how to de-escalate angry patients or how to diffuse a tense situation in the office.
11/4/2022
Sign up to volunteer on December 3rd and/or 4th to provide these crucial medical services to our community.
11/4/2022
This new round of cuts totals 8.5%, by chipping away 4.5% from the Medicare conversion factor on top of a 4% Medicare cut stemming from the Statutory Pay‐As‐You‐Go (PAYGO) Act (sequestration).
11/4/2022
In the first 90 days of the baby’s life, the vaccine was 81% effective at preventing severe lower respiratory tract infections that require hospitalization or assisted breathing, Pfizer said.
10/28/2022
Physicians have long worried about the legal consequences of COVID-19 and whether lawsuits might arise from the care that was provided or that was delayed by the pandemic.
10/28/2022
CMS is seeking public input on accessing healthcare and related challenges through the "Make Your Voice Heard" Request for Information.
10/28/2022
Open enrollment for the Marketplace starts November 1st, individuals can enroll at healthcare.gov or get local assistance with a certified Navigator.
10/21/2022
Pediatric doctors in five states said their hospital bed capacity was strained due to a sudden influx of RSV patients.
10/21/2022
This helpful FAQ page from the Texas Department of Insurance website explains Which physicians and providers qualify for an exemption and how to obtain one.
10/21/2022
As of Oct. 1, the state-regulated insurers subject to the measure should have notified you if you qualified for a so-called “gold card.” Check out TMA's new white paper for details.
10/7/2022
The results of tests performed by clinical laboratories nationwide are summarized below. Data from clinical laboratories are used to monitor whether influenza activity is increasing or decreasing.
10/7/2022
Ninety-four percent of telehealth users say they would use the technology to receive medical services in the future.
10/7/2022
Booster uptake in the United States has steadily declined since the initial wave of the Omicron variant, and federal financial support for vaccination campaigns has not been replenished, partly because of the perception that the pandemic is over.
9/30/2022
The recently proposed 2023 Medicare physician fee schedule would deepen physician pay cuts while expanding access to telemedicine and behavioral health care, among other changes.
9/30/2022
The Texas Medical Association is back in court to hold federal regulators accountable for implementing a key piece of the No Surprises Act as Congress intended it.
9/30/2022
This webinar session on Thursday, October 6th, 2022, 2:00pm - 3:00pm ET, will provide Issuers and Providers with program and operational guidance for the No Surprises Act and Independent Dispute Resolution.
9/16/2022
With the final rules released, insurers and HMOs now can review physicians’ approval records during the first six-month evaluation period, which ran from Jan. 1 through June 30.
9/16/2022
"Providers must weigh the costs of investing in the technological and clinical infrastructure required to maintain telehealth programs at scale against the uncertainty of when these telehealth policies may end."
9/16/2022
Electronic health record (EHR) vendors must conduct a major software upgrade by Dec. 31, and physician offices should be prepared.
9/2/2022
The Final Rules and supporting FAQs respond to several concerns raised by the AMA and state and national medical specialty societies, most prominent being the removal of the rebuttable presumption that the Qualifying Payment Amount (QPA) is the appro
9/2/2022
Please join the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and more for a weekly Monkeypox briefing on Thursdays at 2:00 PM EST.
9/2/2022
With flooding already hitting parts of Texas, now’s the time to remind patients to get copies of their vital personal medical information, in case of an emergency or natural disaster later. This disaster prep flyer from the Texas Medical Association
8/26/2022
With new COVID-19 boosters on the horizon targeting the BA.4 and BA.5 omicron strains of the virus, Texas health officials have opened up preorders for these latest vaccines, which are expected to roll out this fall.
8/26/2022
DCMS is featured in a new article by D Magazine about the upcoming renovations and move of our headquarters to the Uptown district.
8/26/2022
The list of eligible vaccine recipients now includes certain groups who had skin-to-skin contact with people at large events in the past two weeks.
8/5/2022
The Dallas County Department of Health and Human Services has established a dedicated web page to the Monkeypox outbreak. The web page provides information for consumers and physicians and other health care providers.
8/5/2022
DCMS seeks physicians from all corners of practice to help advance organized medicine in Dallas County. Please consider volunteering for a term beginning January 2023.
8/5/2022
New COVID-19 vaccine boosters, targeting new Omicron strains of the virus, are expected to roll out across the US in September — a month ahead of schedule, the Biden administration announced this week.
7/22/2022
Some clues on what to look for. The most recent data from the CDC has found that one in 13 adults in the United States — 7.5% — have symptoms that last at least 3 months after they first came down with the virus.
7/22/2022
Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine, which will be available in the coming weeks, is an important tool in the pandemic and provides a more familiar type of COVID-19 vaccine technology for adults.
7/22/2022
The lifeline, which also links to the Veterans Crisis Line, follows a three-year joint effort by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, FCC, and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to put crisis care more in reach for people in need.
7/15/2022
The guidelines include important new information on the use of oral PrEP and recommendations on the use of injectable cabotegravir as PrEP.
7/15/2022
Anxiety over the US economy intensified in June, with 87% of Americans reporting they are anxious or very anxious about inflation, up eight percentage points from the previous month.
7/15/2022
The benefit expansion is a "huge win" for patients, according to the American Gastroenterological Association.
7/11/2022
Join your fellow Texas physician leaders for the Texas Medical Association’s 2022 Fall Conference, scheduled for Sept. 16-17 at the Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort.
7/11/2022
For physicians who received more than $10,000 in the aggregate from Jan. 1, 2021, to June 30, 2021, the PRF Reporting Portal is now open and will remain open through Sept. 30, 2022, at 11:59 p.m. EST.
7/11/2022
Dallas County Health and Human Services, in collaboration with the Texas DSHS and the CDC, has identified one confirmed monkeypox case in an out-of-state visitor.
6/24/2022
The CDCD accepted the recommendation of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices to recommend the use of the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines for nearly 20 million children who are younger than 5.
6/24/2022
The TMALC offers young physicians in their first eight years of practice the opportunity to grow their leadership skills and forge a path within the TMA. The deadline to apply is Friday, July 1.
6/24/2022
As the TMA digests and analyzes the full impact for Texas of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Roe vs. Wade, President Gary W. Floyd, MD, issued the following statement today in response to the ruling.
6/17/2022
The first case of monkeypox in the United States was diagnosed in a traveler who returned to Massachusetts from Canada on May 17, 2022. Since then, 65 cases have been identified in 18 states and territories and more than 1,600 have been identified in
6/17/2022
Join DSHS next week for a special webinar dedicated to the ‘Lil’ Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccine Launch. The Pfizer and Moderna medical teams available for FAQ.
5/27/2022
DCHHS is actively monitoring the monkeypox situation and advises all clinicians to review the CDC Health Alert Network to be aware of the signs and symptoms related to monkeypox.
5/20/2022
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, there have been significant shortages of infant formulas in stores.
5/6/2022
DCMS member Rick Snyder, MD, will serve in the role of president-elect for one year before assuming the presidency of America’s largest state medical society in 2023. In addition, John Carlo, MD, was elected to the TMA Board of Trustees.
5/6/2022
As private practices continue to navigate red tape and ongoing pandemic pressures, Texas physicians pushed the Texas Medical Association to do more to address onerous prior authorization requirements and to advocate for federal disaster loan forgiven
5/6/2022
Tune in on Thursday, May 12 for an overview of Senate Bill 1264 that prohibits surprise medical bills.
3/11/2022
The US Surgeon General calls on Big Tech to turn over COVID-19 misinformation data. Companies have until May 2, 2022, to submit the data.
3/11/2022
The war in Ukraine is causing a dire need for additional medical and humanitarian supplies. A donation page was set up for those who wish to support these efforts, with examples of how donations may be used.
3/10/2022
The CDC has created a new online tool aimed at helped communities make decisions on best practices and steps to take regarding COVID-19 based on the latest data.
1/18/2022
The Dallas County Public Health Committee and DCMS have issued a statement on the prioritization for the use of COVID-19 monoclonal antibodies and antiviral agents in the outpatient setting given the current limited supply.
1/11/2022
The NIH COVID-19 Treatment Panel has released recommendations that include an order of preference for which therapeutics to use to treat patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 who are at high risk of severe disease progression.
1/10/2022
People with COVID-19 should isolate for 5 days and if they are asymptomatic or their symptoms are resolving (without fever for 24 hours), followed by 5 days of wearing a mask when around others to minimize the risk of infecting people they encounter.
1/7/2022
Dallas County Health and Human Services (DCHHS) opens four additional COVID-19 testing facilities in Dallas County for anyone who needs a PCR COVID test.
1/7/2022
Three recently authorized therapeutics are now available throughout the state and may be effective for certain COVID-19 patients.
12/6/2021
DCMS President Dr. Beth Kassanoff-Piper gives an update on what you need to know about the new COVID-19 omicron variant.
11/30/2021
COVID-19’s omicron variant appears to be more transmissible, reinforcing the need for Americans to get vaccinations or booster shots, U.S. health officials said.
11/19/2021
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration amended the emergency use authorizations (EUA) for both the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines authorizing use of a single booster dose for all individuals 18 years of age and older after comple
11/11/2021
The analysis included a period from Jan. 15 to Oct. 1 with a particular focus on the four weeks from Sept. 4 to Oct. 1, which allowed the agency to measure the effect of COVID-19 vaccination as the more contagious Delta variant surged across Texas.
11/5/2021
The ETS establishes binding requirements to protect unvaccinated employees of large employers (100 or more employees from the risk of contracting COVID-19 in the workplace.
11/4/2021
CDC recommends everyone ages 5 and older get a COVID-19 vaccine to help protect against COVID-19.
10/21/2021
The agency may act this week, when it is expected to authorize booster shots for recipients of the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines.
10/21/2021
Physicians and faith leaders from North Texas teamed up for frank and honest conversations that dispel misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccines.