Baylor College of Medicine student Arindam Sarkar, chair of the TMA’s Medical Student Section Executive Council, asks Sen. Ted Cruz a question after the senator’s presentation at the TMA Fall Conference.
Charles M. Stiernberg, MD, of Bellaire, gets a flu shot from nurse Pauly Littrell at the TMA Fall Conference. Twenty-three people were immunized during the event, sponsored by TMA’s Committee on Infectious Diseases and TMA’s Be Wise — ImmunizeSM
program.
2. Expand health savings accounts to cover more routine and preventive care.
3.Uncouple health insurance from em- ployment to make it portable and less dependent on shifts in the economy.
TMA President Stephen L. Brotherton, MD, reads a Texas Senate proclamation marking the 10th anniversary of passage of medical liability reforms as he cited TMA physician leaders and staff who worked on passage of legislation and a constitutional amendment in 2003. Left to right are TMA General Counsel Donald P. “Rocky” Wilcox, former TMA President Bohn D. Allen, MD, of Arlington, TMA Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer Louis J. Goodman, PhD, and Howard Marcus, MD, of Austin, chair of the Texas Alliance for Patient Access.
Tort reform anniversary TMA President Stephen L. Brotherton, MD, opened the General Session by re- viewing TMA’s successes during the 2013 legislative session. They include regulation of “silent PPOs”; new standards for physician- led, team-based care; reduced red tape and administrative hassles; due process protections in Medicaid fraud investi- gations; increased access to immuniza- tions; more money for graduate medical education, mental health, and women’s health; and preservation of tort reforms. But he lamented the fact that Con-
gress has yet to repeal the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula that reduces Medicare payments to physicians. “I really thought this was going to
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JIM LINCOLN
JIM LINCOLN
JIM LINCOLN
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