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ROUNDS


TMA Fall Conference focuses on patient-physician relationship


Bugs, Bones, and Blood exhibit opens this month


Ask the TMA Knowledge Center


Academic physicians: Get the credit you’re due TMLT presents HIPAA seminars


Nominate a journalist for health reporting


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About the cover


Because of roadblocks to patient care posed by Medicaid managed care, John Holcomb, MD, chair of TMA’s Select Committee on Medicaid, CHIP, and the Uninsured, says physicians and patients are frustrated.


PHOTO BY BRETT BUCHANAN


14 Medicaid roadblocks


It’s caused problems for physicians and their patients, but Medicaid managed care is here to stay. State officials are committed to it to reduce costs in a growing program that consumes a quarter of the state budget. Still, some physicians are not convinced Texas Medicaid is better off under managed care. BY AMY LYNN SORREL


October 2013 TEXAS MEDICINE 1


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