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ROUNDS Blues ranking letters on the way


Legislative news delivered to your inbox E-Tips helps your practice run right Tied up in red tape?


Hotel deals one benefit of TMA membership


New CME course examines drug overdoses


TMLT adds employment practices liability coverage to all policies


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JOURNAL Locked-in syndrome


Full text available at www.texmed .org/Feb13Journal/.


HEALTHY VISION 2020


Establish Fair and Transparent Insurance Markets for Patients, Employers, Taxpayers, and Physicians


About the cover


Like many of his peers, San Marcos rheumatologist Hassan Alissa, MD, worked for someone else before deciding to open his own practice. He’s part of a trend in practice setting preference that began in the early 1980s.


PHOTO BY BRETT BUCHANAN Big decision


Many young doctors begin their professional lives as employed physicians, then transition into full or part owners of a practice. Deciding between employment and solo practice is a big decision. Whatever the choice, it has to be done right. BY CRYSTAL CONDE


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