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ROUNDS


Revalidate your Medicare enrollment


Plan to attend TMA’s Fall Conference


What you need to know about electronic death registration


TMA, AMA: Change Medicare data reporting


Risk analysis tool for meaningful use


HHSC chooses Medicaid HMOs


contents 63 Journal


Cancer incidence and mortality in Texas and the United States: an overview


Full text available at www.texmed .org/Oct11Journal/.


About the cover


Houston internist Lisa Ehrlich, MD, and her three partners participated in the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Bridges to Excellence quality improvement program. She says the process was fairly easy and worth the time and effort. The program allows physicians to enhance patient care and increase revenues.


PHOTO BY MATT RAINWATERS


16 A healthy bonus


Texas physicians who participate in the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Bridges to Excellence quality improvement program can improve patient care and increase revenues. The program rewards good physi- cians, improves care for Blue Cross beneficiaries, and lowers costs for the company and for employers who pay for coverage. BY KEN ORTOLON


October 2011 TEXAS MEDICINE 1

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