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CMS official seeks physician input Register for TexMed 2014 today


What to report to the health authorities


Physicians Foundation examines ACA rollout


New medical schools name inaugural deans


Mobile app publishes Choosing Wisely recommendations


Recognize a local journalist’s health reporting


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Texas Medical Association President-Elect Austin King, MD, and his staff have spent hours of valuable time on the phone with insurance companies in an attempt to verify patients’ enrollment in exchange plans.


PHOTOS BY BRETT BUCHANAN


16 The ACA marketplace


Physicians find themselves in a land of confusion months after the de- but of the Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplace. Pervasive problems with the exchange rollout, including enrollment delays and questionable health plan networks, disrupt physicians’ office operations and affect patients’ access to care. BY AMY LYNN SORREL


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