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ROUNDS State already $10 billion in debt
Judge backs TMA on patient safety issue
Physicians Foundation identifies 2012 key issues
TMA offers policies & procedures guide
TMA prepares young physicians to become effective leaders
PHR conference to address physician welfare
63 JOURNAL
Tired of seeing your patients in the ED? Let’s give parent education another look!
Full text available at www.texmed .org/Feb12Journal
“This transition will affect
every aspect
of your practice.” Stephen Spain, MD
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About the cover
Tyler family physician Stephen Spain, MD, says the conversion to ICD-10 for coding claims will affect every aspect of physician practices. He should know. He’s on the advisory board of the American Academy of Professional Coders.
PHOTO BY MATT RAINWATERS
21 ICD-10 Conversion
Barring a change of heart by the government, the way physicians practice medicine will drastically change Oct. 1, 2013, when they must begin using ICD-10 to record all diagnoses and inpatient procedures. The Symposium on ICD-10 Conversion not only provides information on how to prepare for ICD-10 but also offers an opportunity for readers to earn continuing medical education credit.
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