electronic health records (EHRs). “TMA strongly recommends that the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS) or Congress suspend the EHR penalties on Medicare charges that are scheduled to take effect Jan. 1, 2015,” Dr. Murray added. “We believe CMS will put patient safety at risk by requiring EHR vendors to meet overly burdensome certification requirements and physicians to imple- ment complex EHR upgrades in a com- pressed period of time.” Physicians with questions related to the EHR meaningful use program may contact TMA’s Health Information Tech- nology Department by calling (800) 880-5720 or emailing
HIT@texmed.org.
Join TMA’s statewide bicycle helmet giveaway
Mark your calendar for October — TMA’s Hard Hats for Little Heads big giveaway to celebrate the program’s 20th birthday. TMA wants to give 5,000 Texas children a free helmet, and we need your help. Hosting a Hard Hats for Little Heads event is easy and rewarding. TMA pro- vides everything you need: free helmets, banners, event signage, promotional fly- ers, educational handouts, and media re- lations support. We’ll even give you up to five free anniversary T-shirts for your volunteers.
Sign up today to host an event. You can plan a stand-alone event or pair it with an existing one, such as a:
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Safety is the Prescription for Healthier Dividends
There’s a reason Texas Mutual is located at the corner of Safety and Dividends—safety and dividends go together like a prescription and a pill. We provide group and individual dividends to our policyholder owners that keep their people safe. Plus, you’ll receive a workers’ comp discount for being a member of the Texas Medical Association. That’s why we created Work Safe, Texas—and it’s why your business belongs here.
flu shot
clinic (combine two of TMA’s out- reach programs and give flu shots and helmets).
Check out other ideas for events on
TMA’s website,
www.texmed.org/hard hats, and start planning your event now. Contact TMA’s Outreach Coordinator Tammy Wishard by email, tammy.wis
hard@texmed.org, or call (800) 880- 1300, ext. 1470, or (512) 370-1470, to request your event packet.
Contact your agent or Diannah Tatum at (800) 749-5564 or email
www.tmgworkcomp.com.
Visit us at
www.texasmedicalgroupwcprogram.com.
While we can’t guarantee dividends every year, Texas Mutual has returned over $1.6 billion to safety-conscious policyholder owners since 1999. ©2014 Texas Mutual Insurance Company
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